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4 news 

Game Zone peers through the video 
games keyhole and gets a poke in the eye 
for its trouble. 

8 show report 

Tomorrow’s world today? Rik Haynes 
jaunts to Tokyo to visit all the new 
Nintendo product being displayed at 
the Shoshinkai Software Show. 

lO in the 

pipeline: HH| 

star trek 

Space cadet Jackie Ryan 

goes into warp drive to 

check out this deep space 

NES cart. ^ 

12 feature: 
mario paint — 1 

“Must I paint you a picture?” 

cries Duncan MacDonald as jm ^ 

he gets to grips with 

Nintendo’s new art ^ 

package and the SNES 5 

mouse at the same time. 

18 reviews 

Yet again we bring you more reviews than 
you could shake a jolly large stick at, let 
alone any other magazine. 

30 compo: dr 
pepper 

Get fizzy and get some smart Dr Pepper 
goody bags into the bargain. 


70 zone 7 

Shooting for the hip? Jeremy ‘Wyatt Erp’ 
Daldry and Jackie ‘Calamity Jane’ Ryan 
check out the world of Quasar laser games, 


Daniel ‘Pembers’ Pemberton sieves * 
through your latest hints and cheats and 
brings you the best tips around plus 
the chance to win £50! 

^ 80 kill zone 

Where’s the action? At the 
A Japanese Amusement 

Machinery Manufacturers 
Association show in Tokyo. 
wm Where else would you 

expect to find Rik 
Hr L Haynes ? 


soled out 

The best things in life 
are free - like our 
readers’ 
adverts. 


What you’ll find and where 
you’ll find it. 


56 Action In New York (R) 
62 Blues Brothers (R) 

32 Castlevania III (R) 

96 Empire Strikes Back (P) 

97 Fantastic Adventures 
Of Dizzy (P) 

48 Lemmings (R) 

97 North & South (P) 

52 Spider-Man (R) 
lO Star Trek (P) 

97 Street Gangs (P) 


97 Another World (P) 

96 Claymates (P) 

96 Desert Strike (P) 

96 Drakkhen (P) 

98 Full Metal Planet (P) 
98 Lost Vikings (P) 

24 Mario Kart (R) 

96 PGA Tour Golf (P) 

37 Robocop 3 (R) 

20 Spider-Man (R) 

44 Super Probotector (R) 
64 Top Gear (R) 


42 Bart vs Juggernauts (R) j 
98 Bomb Jack (P) 

50 Castlevania II (R) 

98 FI Challenge (P) 

29 Final Fantasy Adventure (R) 
George Foreman (R) 

97 Max (P) 

55 Monopoly (R) /- 

58 Parasol Stars (R) 

35 Spider-Man 2 (R) 


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are trademarks of Nintendo of 
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recognised. 

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independent magazine, in no 
way connected with Nintendo 
of America Inc. 


Editor Paul Lakin; Art Editor Duncan C. Hemphill; 
Deputy Editor Jackie Ryan; Production Editor 
Andy Butcher; Staff Writer Jeremy Daldry; 
Contributors Nick Griffiths, Rik Haynes, Duncan 
MacDonald, Patrick McCarthy, Daniel Pemberton. 
Vici MacDonald (design); Advertisement 
Manager Sara Parker; Sales Executive Simon 
Foster; Ad Production Manager Lisa Nickson; 
Product Manager Claire Owen; Advertisement 
Director Alistair Ramsay; Publisher Teresa 
Maughan; Group Art Director James Egerton; 
Group Production Manager Jim Bulley; 
Newstrade Circulation Manager Sean Farmer; 
Subscriptions Manager Norman Diamond; 
Managing Director Colin Crawford; Chairman 
Felix Dennis; Published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. 
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Productions 1992 and may not be 
produced in full or part without 
prior permission in writing from the 
publishers. Game Zone is a 
monthly publication and a bloomin’ 



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reviewed 
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Mario Blaster. We’ve got fifty up for grabs. 


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you write 
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so don’t 
blame us if 
they don’t 
make any 
sense. 


85 back issues 


Missed an issue? Don’t cry, just order it. 



88 twilight zone 

Weird and wonderful? Certainly weird. 

90 subs 

Not a periscope in sight, but smart 
free goodies and 12 issues just for you 

91 buyers guide 

A definitive Game Zone list of what’s 
available for your console. 

96 previews 

A sneaky glimpse into the future, courtesy 
of the Game Zone crystal ball. 


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I t’s here. It’s happening. It’s the 
all new, all singing, all dancing 
Game Zone News. And why is it 
so new? Why is it so tuneful? Why 
is it so groovesome? ’Cos this 
month, for the first time ever, our 
News pages are devoted solely to all 
things Nintendo, Just like the rest of 
the pages of this hallowed mag. So if 
you’ve an NES, SNES or Game Boy and 
you want to know what’s hot to trot in 
the world of Nintendo - erm, read on. 



what a gaul 

acre bleu! Following the highly 
acclaimed first appearance of 
Asterix on the Master System and 
Game Gear last year, the diminutive 
French freedom fighter is all set to make 
an appearance on the Game Boy. 

Nintendo games publisher 
Infogrames, who itself, suitably enough, 
hails from the land of fine wines and men 
who wear silly hats, has snuffled up the 
licence and is hard at work at this very 
moment, cramming all Asterix’s adventures down 
into our favourite little handheld. 

As for plot details, Infogrames is keeping its ‘bouche 






fermee’ at the mo. But a tentative release date of June 
‘93 has been suggested. More news as we get it. 


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to twins - 


W e said it would happen. And it has. After a suitable period of 
gestation, the old style multi-format Game Zone has gone and 
given birth to two large healthy bouncing baby single-format 
Game Zones. Hoorah. 

Which means Game Zone just got 200% better. And how? ’Cos it’s 
now been split into two to bring you Sega Zone - 100% for the Sega 
games player and Game Zorfe - 100% for the Nintendo games player. 

This means we can devote more pages to providing all the latest 
news, reviews and previews for NES, SNES and Game Boy owners in the 
new style Nintendo only Game Zone (ie this mag) and still satisfy our 
Master System, Mega Drive and Game Gear 
readers by giving them their very own 
mag stuffed to the brim with news, 
reviews and previews relevant to 
their systems in our sister 
magazine, Sega Zone, (ie the mag 
nestling right next to this one on 
your friendly neighbourhood 
newsie’s shelf.) 

Game Zone eh? Bet you never 
knew there was so much in it. 
Except you do now. 


O h dear. At a Toy Show in Japan recently, 
our favourite console giant Nintendo 
announced a delay in the launch of its 
Super NES CD ROM machine. Due to 
appear in January ’93, it has now been put back 
to August ’93 at the earliest. 

Nintendo claims that following the fiasco of 
the Japanese Sega CD launch, it is determined 
to have a technically stunning machine (whispers 
of a 32-bit custom processor have been heard in 
the Game Zone office) and full software support. 
Super Mario 5 perhaps? 


B limey! Take a look at this 
rather trendsome piece of 
plastic. It’s the Action 52, a 
multi-game cartridge created, 
developed and produced in the 
United States which packs a huge 
52 games onto one NES cartridge. 

This major feat of compressed 
engineering has been achieved by 
means of creating shared software 
(called drivers) which handle 
common functions for all the 
games, such as basic jumping, 
shooting and menu selection. This 
then saves space on the cartridge 
so that loads of games can be 
squidged on. Cunning huh? 


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W ith the bundling of the SNES with the Super 

Scope, Nintendo now plans to release a single 
joy pad as a separate peripheral, for all those 
new SNES owners who won’t be getting two joypads with 
their machine packs. Which is good news for all those 
planning to spend many a happy hour playing Super 
Tennis eh? 

Costing £9.99, the single joypad should be nestling on 
the shelves at this very moment. 


F-Zero 

Nintendo 

Chart compiled by Bandai UK. Nintendo and Super 
Nintendo Entertainment System are trademarks of 
Nintendo of America Inc. and its associated 
companies. All rights recognised._ 




Zelda 3 

Nintendo 


Super Adventure Island 

Hudson Soft 


I Addams Family 

Ocean 


Lemmings 

Sunsoft 


I Super Soccer 

Nintendo 


Final Fight 

Capcom 


UN Squadron 

Nintendo 


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starry night 


S pace eh? It’s all a bit, um, big and 
spacey really isn’t it? Strange then 
that French software publisher Ubi 
Soft is going to try and cram 22 levels of it 
into the Game Boy, creating a rather nifty 
Game Boy version of the utterly brilliant 
space age arcade adventure, Star Wars. 

This brand new action arcade adventure 
will find you joining Rebel forces against 
the massed ranks of the evil Galactic 
Empire in an attempt to disarm and 
ultimately destroy the Empire’s ultimate 
weapon, the Death Star. 

Ubi Soft tells us that when the game 
makes its first appearance you’ll be able to 
change your character and play three 
different heroes. So watch out for Darth 
Vader, Princess Leia, Han Solo and 
Chewbacca on a Game Boy near you soon. 




W hat’s yellow and hard and 

strapped very firmly to the front 
cover of this month’s issue of 
Game Zone ? Only our brilliant 
FREE cover gift - the super smart 
Streetfighter II flinger, that’s what. 

Show off your super sleek flinger 
frowing finesse by sending our brilliant 
cover mounted disc floating on the breeze 
down at the local park. 

Alternatively, turn it the other way up, 
attach to a rather tall wooden structure 
of tree-like appearance, fill with water 
and use in an attempt to lure the unclean 
fowls of the air into your locality for a 
good wash. 

Dual purpose free gifts eh? Are we 
good to you or what? 


blazing a trail 



lick Sticks is about to release a rather nifty 
looking multi-function joystick for the Super 
Nintendo. It’s called the Trailblazer and 


comes complete with an 8-way control 
stick, arcade buttons, slow motion option, auto¬ 
fire and turbo speed. The Trailblazer should be 
retailing at around £29.99. Call Thornley 
Distribution on 061 627 0935 for more details. Or 
blaze a trail down to your local console emporium 
pronto to grab yourself your own stick - quick. 





O Addams Family 

Ocean 


Super Mario Bros 3 

Nintendo 


© Rescue Rangers 

Nintendo 


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WWF 

Acclaim 


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Track & Field II 

Nintendo 


© Tiny Toon Adventures 

Konami 


O Hook 

Ocean 


© The Flintstones 

Nintendo 


© Adventurs In Magic 

Kingdom/Nintendo 


C Turtles II 

Konami 

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Nintendo Entertainment System are trademarks of 
Nintendo of America Inc. and its associated 
companies. All rights recognised._ 



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hose loveable, huggable darlings, the 
Codemasters, David and Richard Darling, have 
just come up with a rather smart new way of 
publishing NES cartridges. By using alchemy and a 
generous sprinkling of fairy dust, these clever little 
inventors have created the Plug-Thru cartridge. 

The Plug-Thru is a new kind of NES games 
cartridge that slips snugly over the end of any 
British, American or Japanese Nintendo 
games cartridge, utilises some of the 
software in the original cartridge 
and combines it with the 
software in the Plug-Thru 
cartridge, and then, hey 
presto, lets you play 
your brand new Plug- 
Thru game. 

The Codies claim that 
because the Plug-Thru is 
able to utilise the software of 
any NES games cartridge, 
reducing the amount of software 
inside the Plug-Thru, and is 
compatible with any NES system 
anywhere, it should mean that games 
published on this system will be that bit 
cheaper than usual NES games. 

And to prove it the first releases on this 
system - Micro Machines and The Fantastic 
Adventures Of Dizzy - will retail for a mere £29.99. 
We wonder what Nintendo will think of all this. 


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F ashion accessories eh? Don’t 
you just love ’em? And here’s the 
latest for all Game Boy owners 
everywhere. A rather smart blue 
and grey Carry Case from Logic 3. 

This nifty little number is well 
padded to provide extra cushioned 
protection for both your Game Boy, 
six games and all your cables and 
batteries as well. 

At only £10.99 it’s a veritable 
money saving marvel. Check it out at 
your local console store pronto. 


ore SNES news from 
the Toy Show in 
Japan recently 
concerned the impending 
release of the Super FX chip 
for the SNES. The chip, 
Nintendo claims, will “open 
up a new generation of 3D 
games,” and should heighten 
the SNES’s already impressive 
Mode 7 and scaling abilities. 

It should also put to rest the 
horrible demon of SNES sprite 
slow down. 

At present the chip will be 
included in any cartridge that 
needs its abilities, as opposed 
to being a hardware add-on 
and affecting all SNES carts. 
One major drawback that 
Nintendo is trying to overcome 
is the increased cart price 
each time a Super FX chip is 
used. At the moment a price 
increase of between £5 and 
£10 per cart looks likely. 
Unfortunately there are no 
games using the Super FX chip 
in planning, development or 
production at the present 
time, so the first fruits of the 
Super FX chip probably won’t 
be seen until late 93. 


Super Mario Land 

Nintendo 


A nd now the end is near, we 
have to face the final curtain. 
Except of course we don’t. 
’Cos now you’ve seen the 
first totally stonking issue of the 
new Nintendo only Game Zone, 
you’re gonna want to keep coming 
back for more aren’t you? Which is 
just as well really. ’Cos next 
month’s Game Zone will be so 
stuffed to the brim with such 
brilliant, news, reviews and 
previews for all things Nintendo 
that you won’t know what’s hit you. 

Plus there’ll also be a smart new 
cover mounted gift to boot. 

The new Nintendo- 
only Game Zone. 

Watch out for 
be 

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newsies on III 

Wednesday 
18 November. 

Don’t miss it. 


Home Alone 

Nintendo 


Bart Simpson’s Escape 
From Camp Deadly/ Acclaim 


M mm. A ‘rave’ version 
of the Tetris tune 
eh? From none other 
than the musical stave of Sir 
Andrew Lloyd Webber. 

Hitting the record stores as 
we speak. Sounds well 
; dodge to us. Still, stranger 
I things happen at sea we 
1 suppose. Respect. Dude. 


Tiny Toon Adventures 

Konami 


Bugs Bunny 

Nintendo 


E xclusive news on the 
hottest film for many a 
year. Judge Dredd: The 
Movie will be starting filming 
in early ‘93 and is rumoured to 
be one of the largest spends 
on any action film ever. 
Directed by Tony Scott 
(Ridley’s brother,) and starring 
Sharon Stone as Judge 
Anderson and Arnie 
Schwarzenegger as the Judge. 
It’s gonna be a real biggie. 

But who’s gonna pic up the 
console game licence we 
wonder? We’ll have to wait 
and see. 


Batman 

Sunsoft 


Hook 

Ocean 


WWF 

Acclaim 


Addams Family 

Ocean 


Duck Tales 

Nintendo 


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Nintendo Entertainment System Gameboy are 
trademarks of Nintendo of America Inc. and its 
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Now, you are ready for us! 


Think you’ve seen every screen and decoded 
every hidden strategy? You haven’t. Therms still 
a great big world of exciting video games out 
there, and you’ll find them at your closest 
Toys“R”Us store. 


Like you, we take our video games seriously. So 
when you’re ready for your next adventure, set 
your sights on Toys“R”Us and choose from the 
world’s biggest selection of video titles-all the 
latest plus those you’ve missed. 



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FIST OF THE NORTH STAR 


Welcome 
to the land 
of sushi, sharp 
samurai swords, 
sumo and zany TV 
shows. It’s also a great 
place to see the latest 
Nintendo stuff. That’s 
why Rik Haynes visited 
the Shoshinkai Software 
k Show in Tokyo... 


SONIC BLAST MAN 


COLUMBUS 


columbus 

Misawa Entertainment • January 1993 

With all these bloody Columbus movies 
► flES / com ' n 9 out > was P erha P s inevitable that the 
^ craze would catch on in the ‘frequently rather 
desperate for fresh ideas’ video game industry. In this 
outing, players get to explore many 
wonders of the world... then blow 
them to bits! Look out for the tusky 
mammoth encased in a huge slab 
of ice and fearsome underwater 
turtles on the move. 

exhaust 

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Seta • December 

Thanks to a special 
RES/ custom chip inside the 

^-cart, to make your 

console cruise at three times 
normal speed, the programmers at 
Seta have packed even more visual 
trickery into this impressive sequel. 

felix the cat 

Hudsonsoft 
• December 

r llfCW Blimey, products for 
NES are a bit thin on 
the ground at the moment. As 
usual, Felix the Cat saves the day. 

Hurrah! With help from some 
friends and his exceedingly large 
assortment of gadgets, Felix should 
be able to handle any impending 
scrape with ease. He sure is one 
cool dude, erm, feline. One of the 
cutest NES action games for ages. 




HUMAN GRAND PRIX 


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• fatal fury 

• Takara Amusement • November 

• CirSSil Terry and Andy Bogard are fighting fit and 

• IRES? reac, y for the battle of destiny and other such 

• nonsense. Really, they’re only eager to kick the 

• crap out of a bunch of bad guys. Anybody who has played 

Streetfighter 2 \n'\W know exactly 
what to expect. 

fist of the 
north star 

Toei Animation 
• November 

nES/ After a successful debut 

“-on video, the 

ultraviolence from Fist of the North 
Star has been transferred to the sexy 
Super Famicom. Could this be the 
first cart to attract an 18 certificate? 
The big question must be if Hokuto 
No Ken will endure extra bullet holes 
in his chest this time around? 
Anybody who has played 
Streetfighter2 will know... 

human grand 
prix 

Human • November 

CftTSSl Hopefully this Formula 

>ties 7 0ne car racin9 game wil1 

live up to the standards 
of Human’s previous title, Super 
Soccer. Contestants following in the 
footsteps of Mansell and Senna have 
the choice of going for the World 
Grand Prix, Free Practice, Battle or 
Course Record. Tarty graphics add to 
the thrills. 




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Konami • Out Now 

Trust the people behind the 
forthcoming Batman Returns video 
game to come up with a totally 
Batastic gadget of their own. Hyperbeam is an 
frared remote-control joypad which means you 
can now play Super Mario World in bed 
or on the bog. (Provided you leave 
the bathroom door open, of 
course. Ed.) 


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ASCII 
Out Now 

Must be the 
smallest joypad 

ever! Trouble is, I can’t figure out 
why the designers at ASCII have actually 
bothered to make 
the smallest 
joypad ever... 

Answers 
on a 

postcard 
please. 


especially uesiyneu wim 
the rigours of Street 
Fighter 2 in mind, 
Capcom has made a right arcade-spiffing 
joystick. It’s interesting that the Power Stick 
Fighter is also compatible with the original 
Famicom console. Does this mean there’s a 
Street Fighter 2 conversion planned for the NES? 


big knobs 

Pad or stick, here's the 
new joys for you to get 
to grips with. 


HYPERBEAM 



the 

mystical 
quest 
starring 
mickey 
mouse 

Capcom • 

November 

vnEs7 Oh dear! Pluto has been dog-napped by evil 
^Emperor Pete and his gang of scumbags. As 
Mickey Mouse, the remarkable Disney rodent, you must 
act the hero and save poor Pluto in time for tea. Heaps 
better than the sad Sega effort! 



warrior 


nEs 


Activision/ 
Victor Musical 
Industries 
• Out Now 


Anybody remember those 
giant BattleTech robots from 
FASA Corporation? They’ve 
appeared in a variety of 
products including 
boardgames, novels, computer games and even their own 
theme amusement centres in Chicago and Tokyo. Now the 
‘mechs’ have arrived in a tasty 3D simulation. 


mech- 



sonic 
blast man 


Taito 

• Out Now 

mi Everybody is 
J kung-fu fighting! 
Sonic Blast Man, a sort of 
Japanese cross between 
Robocop and Henry Cooper, 
is one big blue tough guy. 
Anybody who has played 
Streetfighter 2 ... (Yes, I think 
we get the general idea by 
now. Ed.) 


SUPER MARIO LAND 2 






populous 2 

Bullfrog/lmagineer 

• January 1993 

hies/ Vic Reeves, Britain’s 

-top light entertainer, 

is already a big fan of specialty 
meat products and the original 
Populous. (Yes, I can see the 
connection. Ed.) Now Japanese 
programming outfit Infinity has 
almost finished an even bigger, 
brighter and better omnipotent 
outing. Truly the gods have not 
revealed all things to mortals, 
but the graphics in Populous 2 
even equal the movie special 
effects greatness of Jason and 
the Argonauts. 

power- 
monger 

Bullfrog/lmagineer 

• Early 1993 

HIES] Noddy meets Conan 

^-the barbarian! 

Powermonger is a fantasy romp 
requiring a bit more brain power 
than your average hack’ em-up. 

Wise choice for armchair 
generals and megalomaniacs. 

rockman 5 

Capcom 

• December 

You probably know this top geezer as 
Megaman. Crumbs! No punches are pulled in 
the fifth of his tougher than average adventures. Capcom 
is also creating a strange strategy frolic featuring the most 
famous faces from the Rockman series. 

rockman world 3 


super mario 
land 2 

Nintendo • Out Now 

Wow! It’s got everything 
that’s in Mario Bros. 3 and 
more besides! Mario has 
bunny ears to help him float through 
the air and his cute dinosaur pal Yoshi 
makes a debut on the Gameboy. Can 
you survive without this smart cart? I 
think not. 


LucasArts/Victor 
Musical Industries 

ties I • December 

m After all these years, 
George Lucas is still cashing in on the 
immense popularity of Darth Vader, 
R2-D2 and Luke Skywalker. Guess who 
has to save the galaxy by destroying 
the Death Star? The game is yet 
another example of fancy Mode 7 
graphics put to good use. 


tiny toons 
adventures 

Konami • December 

I Those loopy but lovable Tiny Toons characters 
HIES 1 like Buster Bunny and Montana Max, from 
Spielberg’s popular kids TV show, are also 
venturing onto your console in time for Xmas. 


SWIV 

Coconuts/Storm • 
November 

TIES/ Adaptation of the fun 
5 shoot ’em-up previously 
available on home computer systems. 


Capcom • December 

And, just in case Gameboy owners were 
feeling left out, our very nice chums at 
Capcom have kindly produced another 
Rockman caper for your machine. It’s a whole two 
megabits of marvellous mayhem! 



simant 

Maxis/lmagineer • March 1993 

Software toys like SimAntare the video game 
TIES / equivalent of surfin’, personal therapy 
L 3 sessions, hippy love and other Californian 
craziness. Apparently, players are rewarded for creativity, 
experimentation and the understanding of new worlds and 
environments. So, get a line on those inner feelings and 
express yourself by commanding a caring community of 
ants. Alternatively, you can become Alexander the Great 
Ant by squashing enemies, capturing slaves and spreading 
your mighty rule beyond the back garden. 



world class rugby 



Audiogenic Software/Misawa 
Entertainment • January 1993 

TIES / Who wants to be a big flanker, then? (Ha, ha. 
* J Ed.) Scrummy! (Tee, bloody hee. Ed.) It’s 
enough to make you try. 

(Aaargh! Ed.) Okay, so 
there’s not a lot to say 
about this title except 
it’s an accomplished 
simulation of the 
ageless sport. 

Bet you didn’t 
know the 
Japanese 
like rugby, 
eh? (Urn, 
but not as 
much as 
they like 

eating pond slime 
and live 
shrimp. 

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it comes to 

vehicle control, Sulu is your main man. His 
helmsmanship of the Enterprise will help 
you out of a sticky situation more than 
once during your voyage 


Writer of fine 

literature, Chekov gave up his career as a 
wordsmith in order to take up the position 
of navigator on the Enterprise. His 
‘plotting’ skills come in very handy when 
navigating to the next planet in your rather 
limited range. 

The wily Scotsman 
knows all there is to know about the 
current status of your ship’s engines. 

Half Vulcan, half man, 
and all round good egg, Spock is your 
main source of info for practically 
everything - although he can occasionally 
be a bit obscure in his answers. Oh dear. 


Whose is this whoopee cushion? 


The ship’s doctor and a 
mite tetchy. But always useful when you 
want to analyse different life forms on 
different planets. 


A bit of a whizz at the old communications 
malarkey, Lieutenant Uhura can translate 
the seemingly inane burblings of any life 
form, (see Spock) 


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your whereabouts in the cosmoverse by 
consulting the map of the solar system. 


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Once you’ve found a planet that can 
support life and looks like it might be rich 
in dilithium crystals, pick the transporter 
option so you can beam down to the 
surface below. 


Seems like there might be the possibility 

of an intelligent lifeform within range? 
Then use this option to get Lieutenant 
Uhura to open all hailing frequencies. 

Yikes! When 


things look like getting hairy it’s time to 
sound the red alert which’ll send all crew 
to battle stations. 


Don’t forget 

to use this option as you trek your way 
through the cosmoverse. There’s nothing 
worse then coming back to the game 
afresh, only to have to retrace your steps 
entirely ’cos you forgot to save your last 
position. Yaargh! 


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information about the planets around you. To do this 
simply access the Options window of the ship’s computer 
then highlight the window of either the crew member or 
operation you want to utilise. 


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wanted to do this. (Do what? Ten 
thousand squillion puzzled readers.) 

Become Captain James T. Kirk of the 
Starship Enterprise, that’s what. Explore strange 
new worlds, do battle with the Klingons, and 
most of all get to say things like ‘More thrust 
please, Scotty.’ (Ahem.Ed.) 

And now I can. ’Cos Ultra Games is all set to 
bring out Star Trek 25th Anniversary on our fave 
little grey box just after Christmas. A rather 
smart arcade/strategy/role playing/adventure 
type affair that contains loads of different game 
playing elements, lets you play Captain James T. 
Kirk, take control of the Starship USS Enterprise 
and hob nob with the rest of the stars of that 
famous telly programme. 

The game begins, unsurprisingly enough, with 
disaster striking when a rip in space sends you 
hurtling light years across the galaxy into 
uncharted territory. 

As the Enterprise comes to rest after her 
ordeal Scotty informs you that the ship has 
suffered severe damage and her engines are low 
on dilithium, the substance needed to power 
them. Things look dodgy. 

Scanning the star map on the bridge 
computer screen, you try to see where the 
nearest Federation planet (with accompanying 
jumbo dilithium filling station) might be situated. 

It’s hundreds of light years away and you’ve no 
chance of reaching it without boosting your 
remaining energy supplies first. 

Oh dear. Things look even dodgier. 

But as Captain, things like that can’t get you 
down. It’s time for a plan to get your ship going 
and make your way back to the source of the 
hole which caused this disaster. The most 
obvious thing to do first of all is start searching 
for some dilithium, so you can power up your 
ship’s energy reserves. The only way you can do 
this is by travelling to each of the planets in this 
uncharted part of the galaxy, searching for 
evidence of the right geological conditions to 
create dilithium. And how will you know which 
planets are worth a visit and which aren’t? By 
consulting the ship’s computer that’s how. 

This allows you, from relative 

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any possibility of finding dilithium on the planet; 
b) whether mineral bandits might already have 
stolen it; c) whether the planet you want to visit 
can support human life. If it can’t there’s not 
much point in landing really. 

Having decided which planet you want to 
visit, gather all the relevant information you can 
about that planet from the ship’s computer, 
select the warp option. Then it’s off into space. 

Once you arrive at your destination, it’s time 
to gather together a landing party and beam 
down to the planet surface. Do this by 
accessing the ship’s computer once 
again, and picking two crew 
members (from a total of six), 
before making your way down 
to the legendary transporter . IHm 

room. Energise! 

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surface, the game play fl 

changes from icon driven 
adventure style to sprite 
driven arcade action. Now -. v ; 
you can physically move your \ 

characters around as you attempt >> 

to uncover more clues which will 
help you find and locate those all 
important dilithium crystals. Since • q 

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aliens you’ll be glad of your -yi. ^ 

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maps to show you the exact Jf # 
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correctly, you’ll eventually get to K 
find all the dilithium crystals you need. 

You can then beam them (and yourselves) back 
up to the Enterprise - where Scotty will tell you 
that the amount of power is still not enough to 
get out of uncharted territory. 

Oh dear. That means more crystals and, so, 
more planets. Even then your troubles won’t be 
over - but you’ll find out all about that when you 
get to play the game. 

Beam me up Scotty. Kirk out. 


_ 


Jackie Ryan has always expressed a 
penchant for going boldly where no 
man has gone before, fit’s probably got 
something to do with the fact that 
she’s a woman. Ed.) So we let her have 
a sneak preview at Nintendo’s Star 
Tlrek 25th Anniversary instead. 


Jiimiji 


Except of course you’re not. 
‘Cos we’re just about to tell 
you how, in Star Trek 25th 
Anniversary, you find your 
way about. 


▲ You start off on the bridge 
of the Enterprise where, in 
icon driven adventure game 
playing mode, you can scroll 
around the bridge and have a 
natter with members of your 
crew or access the ship’s 
computer to get an update on 
your current situation. 


▲ Taking a closer look at the 
map option, you discover 
that currently you are in 
uncharted territory. Select the 
planet you wish to go to, by 
simply moving your cursor over 
your choice. Looks like you’ve 
chosen, err... Uncharted as your 
next port of call (!) 


▲ Hoorah. Having arrived 

safe and sound it’s time to 
beam down to the planet 
surface. Here all the action 
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the planetverse’ to find those 
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art for car 


What’s this 
MarioPaint all 
about? Duncan 
‘Van Gogh’ 
MacDonald is about to 
put you in the picture. 
So lend him an ear. 


W e’ll forget Art Alive on the 
Sega Megadrive (for two 
reasons: One being that 
you can’t draw curves 
successfully with a joypad, and the 
other that it was crap anyway) and 
say that MarioPaint is the first truly 
console-based art programme in 
the world - or art ‘utility’ if you want 
to get poncey about correct word 
usage. With Mario’s name and head 
plastered all over the place, you 
might be a bit dubious. After all, 
serious art packages are called 
things like DPaint, Coral Draw, 
Picasso and so on. So let’s get the 
verdict over with as quickly as 
possible. Is MarioPaint practical 
and professional or just sort of silly 
and fun. The answer? Silly and fun. 
But don’t think this means it’s crap, 
because it doesn’t. Well, actually it 
does and it doesn’t, depends what 
you’re after really. 



thirteen, but I’ve 
already decided 
to pursue a 

career in car design. My mind 
is made up. I’ve passed all 
my A levels (I’m a bit of a 
swot) and have been 
accepted at Sunderland 
University - although I won’t 
actually be going there until 
1994. In the interim period I 
feel I ought to be producing 
some sort of portfolio, and 
I’m interested in CAD 
(Computer Aided Design). So, 
is MarioPaint for me? I’ve got 
a SNES, obviously. 


And 

here’s one we 



I prepared earlier. 
It’s a CAD style 
drawing of a motor car - the 
sort of thing you’ll be 
producing... or the sort of 
thing you’ll be producing if 
you use MarioPaint, anyway. 
We think it’s quite good. You 
may have ideas of your own. 



an architect and 
I need to 
produce some 

impressive looking blueprints 
in order to snare a lucrative 
and potentially profitable 
contract. Is MarioPaint the 
tool for me? 


you 

think a blueprint 
such as the one to 
the right is likely 
to get you this all-important 
contract, then yes, 

MarioPaint is the tool for you. 
If, however, you feel it isn’t 
then get an Amiga. 


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_ Your pallete. If you click to the top right 
these colours will be replaced by all manner of colour 
mixes and fills (there are trillions of them.) 
Orientation. This works with the ‘cut’ option 
□ and determines the orientation of whatever you cut 
out of your picture once it’s pasted back in again. 

(Upside-down, back to front etc.) 


drawing screen 



Brushes. These are your three 
K-BB-JBK—S brushes. The thickness ranges from 
quite thick all the way to very thick. 




Your Mario stamp. Like a potato printer - 
choose an image or a fill and you can stamp it down 
on the ‘paper’. 


H Airbrush. You can airbrush 
single colours, background 
fills or whatever. 


I The shape menu... this brings up a sub¬ 
menu which allows you to draw circles, squares, 
straight lines and all those other ‘not so easy in 
freehand’ jobs. 



Fill. Point at any enclosed shape 
and fill it with whatever colour/fill 
pattern you desire. 


*^^|Cut. Point to a bit of the screen, hold a mouse 
tg * button down, drag the mouse pointer around the 
ski screen and a dotted rectangle moves with it. Let go of 
the button and whatever is inside this rectangle can then be 
’pasted’ down elsewhere. 


0 Erase all. In MarioPaint you don’t just get an 
instantaneous screen clearance... you get a submenu 
of different, more entertaining, ones. Telly going on 
the blink effect anyone? There are several others too. 


Undo. This undoes the very last thing 
you did. Handy, as it’s easy to make mistakes 
in MarioPaint. 

This arrow takes you to the next icon strip, on which 
£)► you can access Text (two typefaces in capitals or 
lower case), a load/save option for your music or art, 
a custom stamp screen (design your own background fills), 
the animation workscreen, the music maker workscreen, the 
fly swatting sub-game and more besides. 



I Mario fan. 
Everything I own 
has a picture of 
Mario (or Luigi) on it. I even have 
a small picture of Yoshi tattooed 
on the inside of my foreskin. I 
can’t get enough of Mario, and I 
want more. What I’m after is an 
art package on which drawing 
Mario (and his chums) is made 
easy, even for one as untalented 
as myself. Any pictures I 
produce would then, ideally, be 
printed out... I’d quite like some 
custom made Mario wallpaper 
for instance. 




Well well 
well, your luck’s in... 
sort of. As well as 
the normal pallette, 
(giving you a basic colour 
choice of sixteen) MarioPaint 
also has about a zillion inbuilt 
‘background fills’ and ‘blocks’. 


What a background fill does is 
obvious - it fills the background 
of a picture with a design (and 
Mario, Yoshi and co are all 
there.) And as for the blocks? 
Well, think of a block as a potato 
print. Cover it with ink, slap it 
onto paper and voila: A picture, 
ready made. Potato printing 
equals MarioPaint blocks. 
However, you said you wanted to 
print your designs to paper. 
Unfortunately you can’t, and 
what’s worse you can only save 
one picture at a time to the 
cartridge. Still, you could always 
videotape your images - and if 
you had this video transferred to 
Super 8 Cine Film, you could 
project it onto your bedroom wall 
to produce the custom wallpaper 
you so desire (although your 
electricity bills would be huge 
unless you ‘turned your 
wallpaper off’ during the day.) 









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hi 


graphics bore the pants off 
me, and what I really want to 
produce is MOVING ART. This 
is where the future lies, stills 
are yesterday’s news. In years 
to come the static image will 
cease to be of any relevence 
to society as a whole. Does 
MarioPaint do animation? 




Yes, it 
does - but it’s not 
exactly pushing 
iack the frontiers. 
You can have nine frames of 
animation, and once you’ve 
designed your nine-frame 
sprite/picture you assign it a 
path and your little animation 
will zoom around the screen. 
It’s certainly a lot of fun if this 
is all new to you. 


CLEAR] 



used to know 
this bloke who 
had an art 
i his Amiga where 
you could couple animations 
and music. I doubt you’ll be 
able to do this on MarioPaint , 
but I’ll ask anyway: can you 
couple animations and music? 
(You’re going to say no...) 

not, because you 
can couple sound 
and graphics. The 
cart has a rudimentary music 
arranger. You get a stave on 
which you place certain Mario 
icons: the mushroom is a bass 
drum and so on. You can have 
three sounds on each beat, 
and... well, it’s brilliant fun 
actually. Oh, and you can play 
tunes over animations, which 
was the point of the question. 





This 

might be a 
difficult question 
to answer, but 
how does MarioPaint fare, 
valuewise, in comparison with 
‘normal’ paint programs on 
other computers, such as the 
Amiga and ST? 


W a compare it with 
’serious’ art 
packages isn’t 

really fair, as MarioPaint is (a) 
not a serious art package and 
(b) doesn’t pretend it is a 
serious art package. It all 
depends on what exactly you 
intend to do with it. If you 
want to produce some top 
notch computer artwork, then 
forget it: everything’s very 
simplified and at the same 
time rather cumbersome to 
use. While not trying to sound 
condescending to seven and 
eight year olds, this is exactly 
who MarioPaint is aimed at. 
(However, you can have fun 
with this package even if 
you’re 900,000... Paul’s that 
old and he seemed to like it). 
At the end of the day, 
MarioPaint is fun for as long 
as it remains fun. And that’s 
all it needs to be really. The 
Nintendo mouse is here at 
last. Long may it live! 



ariopaint 



Is there a future in 
having a mouse 
about the house? 
Rik Haynes takes 
a peek into 
tomorrow... today! 

W hat are you going to do 

with the handy mouse once 
you’ve grown tired of 
MarioPaint ? I don’t want the tears to 
start flowing but your new friend 
doesn’t work with fave games like 
Super Mario World , F-Zero or Zelda 
III. Gulp! That’s another expensive 
item for the consumer electronics 
museum in your loft... Wrong! There 
are some top turns (I think he means 
games. Ed.) coming onto the market 
that actually prefer the mouse over 
Nintendo’s faithful joypad. As 
Imagineer, one of Japan’s leading 
video games publishers, so 
eloquently puts it, “We can assure 
that by using the mouse you can 
recall the excitement.” Not ’arf, 
smashie. So, what tremendously 
thrilling pop-tastic stuff is going to 
be filling our cart slots? Well most of 
these mouse-compatible Super NES 
games are actually conversions of 
popular home computer titles. At the 
top of the release schedule sits 
Populous 2 from those awfully nice 
people at Bullfrog and Imagineer. It’s 
your chance to pit your wits against a 
selection of powerful Greek gods. 

Get your little slaves, erm followers, 
constructing attractive tourist 
resorts while you concentrate on 
higher things like inflicting 
earthquakes, plagues and firestorms 
on the opposition. Ah, it’s great to be 
a god! Ants don’t have it so good, 
though. In SimAnt, the ker-razy 
electronic ant colony courtesy of 
Maxis and Imagineer, players have to 
contend with hungry spiders, 
marauding lawnmowers and rival 
ants on the rampage. Back in merry 
olde England, the peasants are 
revolting but King Arthur’s World still 
looks a treat. We’ve already 
previewed this nifty Lemmings- style 
game in Game Zone # 10 , if you 
missed it check out back issues. 
Argonaut Software have produced a 
stonking medieval fantasy romp. 
Judging by the number of European 
and American software boffins 
actually developing games, it seems 
the Japanese haven’t got a monopoly 
on the mouse. Isn’t life with your 
Super NES just dreamy? 



Were there robots in Arthur’s days? 



Real life doesn’t compare to being a God. 



King Arthur’s World 

(Argonaut Software/lmagineer) - Early 1993 

Populous 2 

(Bullfrog/lmagineer) - January 1993 

Powermonger 

(Bullfrog/lmagineer) - Early 1993 

SimAnt 

(Maxis/lmagineer) - March 1993 

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JM ello, I’m Gladys Peabody. “What an old bag,” you’re probably 
thinking - and you’d be right. I am old. Very old. In fact I’m the 
>ldest person in the world. But you know what comes with 
age, don’t you? (Senility 4 ? A reader.) Wisdom, that’s what. And I 
haven’t lost my reactions or stamina, either... I can get half way 
the first fight on Street Fighter II before I need to be 
to my oxygen tent. Anyway, as this is the first time I’ve met 
name Zone reviewers, I’d better tell you what I made of them... 







ladys has been 
quietly watching 
the Cartridge 
Family, and has noted 
what games they’ve all 
been playing recently. It’s 
quite an eye opener... 


He’s a right royal toff, is 
Lord Paul, and I already 
love him as if he’s my 
great-great-grandson. 
He’s always there with a 
cup of tea and a digestive 
biscuit - even if he 
doesn’t give either of 
them to me. And 
presents. Would you 
believe that on my very 
first day in the office he 
gave me a toilet brush? 
“This is for you, Gladys,” 
he said. “I can’t accept 
that,” I replied. “Think 
nothing of it, it’s yours,” 
he said. He’s a charming 
one alright. Cheeky and 
charming. He’ll go far. 

I’ve been on to my 
lawyers and my will is 
being changed. Paul will 
get the lot. Even the cats. 


She treats her elders 
right, does this lass. Lord 
Paul's a cheeky one 
(although I love him for it) 
while young Jackie gives 
me the respect I deserve 
for my 125 years of living. 
“Respect is due,” as I 
believe you youngsters 
say, and I get it from this 
one in abundance. She 
will worry though, young 
Jackie. On my second 
day in the office she said 
“Are you sure you can 
manage that, Gladys?” I 
was up a ladder at the 
time, moving a heavy box 
for Paul. “Of course I can 
manage,” I replied, 
although I have to admit 
that my plastic hip joiqt 
was creaking a little bit. 
She’s a love. 


Now I’ve been around a 
long time, and I’ve learnt 
not to make instant 
character judgements 
about people - but In 
Jeremy’s case I’ve 
broken the golden rule. 
He’s a rude one alright. 

“Who’s that old slag?” 
he said on my first day, 
as I was talking to Paul 
about when I was to 
clean the fridge. He 
didn’t say it to my face 
mind, it was to someone 
else, but I heard it clear 
as day... my hearing aids 
are extremely efficient, 
like radar. Slag indeed. I 
haven’t had sex for eighty 
years, and I told him so. 
I’ll be keeping my eyes on 
this lad, believe you me. 
Ho’ <: a riaht’un. 


Now here’s a 
doesn’t call 
and betters a “slag”. He 
called me ma’am, in fact. 

I couldn’t believe it, it 
was wonderful. “Excuse 
me ma’am,” he said as he 
brushed past me on his 
way to the kitchen. I felt 
like the Queen, I really 
did. Or maybe the Queen 
Mum, seeing as I’m too 
old to be the Queen. Or 
to be more precise, I felt 
like the Queen’s 
Grandmother. That’s how 
old I am, you know, I’m 
125. Feel like a teenager 
though. If you gave me a 
brand new body and 
brand new internal 
organs I could enter the 
Olympics, me. “Ma’am.” 
He’s a love. 


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endzone 

I t’s review explanation 
time. And just you be sure 
you concentrate cos we’ll 
be asking questions later. 

Scores are broken down 
into four categories, 
Graphics, Sound, 
Addictiveness and 
Playability. In each of these 
categories the game is 
scored out of ten and it all 
looks a bit like a graphic 
equaliser. It does so too we 
spent hours designing it. 



Sound 





■.. 

OUERRLL 99 


Out: Now Price: £44.99 
Publisher: Nintendo 


The overall score is out of a 
hundred. It is not an average, 
total or square root of the 
other four scores, it’s a 
complete stand alone, do 
it’s own thing, who needs 
friends anyway sort of score. 
In fact if you could just read 
this and ignore the rest of 
the review, but then we’d 
all be out of work and you 
wouldn’t want that would 
you? (Well we wouldn’t. We’d 
be very upset.) 



Games scoring 90 in their 
overall (not at all average) 
score win a Mega Zone, 
which isn’t a new icecream 
from Lyons but shorthand for 
“this game is the complete 
and utter business” Games 
scoring below 20 get a Zone 
Groan and a one way ticket 
to the bin... 

Import games haven’t 
been officially released in 
this country but are available 
from the Grey Importers. 








125 years on planet Earth 
has taught me one thing 
for sure, and it’s that 
you’re never too old to 
learn something new... 
but this lad thinks he 
knows it all already. (A lot 
of you young’uns do, but I 
shan’t scold you for it as 
I’m sure I was as bad). All 
the same, there I was, 
cleaning Paul’s desk 
when Andy came up 
behind me and said “You 
ought to formulate a 
game plan.” I didn’t know 
what he was talking 
about. “You’re all over 
the place,” he explained, 
“Put the paperclips in 
the jar and concentrate 
on the dust.” He’ll be 
teaching me how to suck 
eggs next. 


I haven’t made up my 
mind about this one yet. 
She’s a canny young lass 
to be sure, but on the 
first day I met her she 
kept prodding me - and if 
there’s one thing I can’t 
abide, it’s being prodded. 

I was cleaning Paul’s 
shoes if I remember 
rightly - I’d just told Andy 
to clear off after he’d told 
me to use circular 
motions rather than back 
and forth strokes, when 
up came young Jane. 
“You’re not doing Paul’s 
shoes?” she said with a 
prod. “He’ll have you 
cleaning the toilets next.” 
I told her I’d already done 
them. She laughed and 
prodded me again. Brash 
girl. But pretty. 


m 


mil 


Have you heard of Aied 
Jones? He’s a Welsh 
choirboy and I simply 
adore his records... but 
then I am 125. Still, you 
may be wondering why I 
mention this wonderful 
entertainer. Well, the 
simple reason is that I 
thought young Daniel was 
in fact Aled Jones. He’s 
so saintly. He walked into 
the office and I went 
straight up to him for an 
autograph - I asked him 
to etch it onto my 
pacemaker, using the tip 
of a tungsten dart. And 
he did. Now my 
pacemaker reads ‘To 
Gladys from Daniel 
Pemberton.” I wish 
someone had warned me, 
but I’m stuck with it now. 


And l thought Jeremy 
was rude. Well let me tell 
you something here and 
now - he’s not a patch on 
this lad. I didn’t meet 
young Patrick until day 
three, but when I did, 
well, what can I say... I 
certainly shan’t forget 
the event in a hurry. “Get 
out of my way,” he said. 
And I wasn’t even in his 
way, I was on all fours, 
tidying underneath Paul’s 
desk. So I said, “Young 
man, I’m not in your 
way.” And do you know 
what he said? Nothing, 
that’s what. He didn’t 
even reply. I’ll tell you 
what he did do though - 
he threw his crisp packet 
onto the floor. Oooooh!!! 


A strange one and no 
mistake. I was on the bus 
the other day and I heard 
two young lads talking 
about someone they 
knew: “I don’t know what 
he was trying to get at,” 
said one of them. “No- 
one does,” said the other, 
“The bloke’s obviously 
out of his tree.” I assume 
the saying ‘out of his 
tree’ means much the 
same as one we used to 
use in the good old days 
which went “from a 
different country”. It’s all 
much the same thing 
though... young Duncan 
didn’t make much sense 
to me. As far as I’m 
concerned he may as 
well come from the place 
beyond Funnyland. 


Andys When he’s not 
playing yawny rpg games 
he’s been finishing off 


Jane: Castlevania IV, 
Dragon’s Lair, Zelda III, plus 
anything cute and cuddly 


») \ 1 1 i o h Streetfighter II, 
inevitably, plus Blues 
Brothers on the Game Boy 


Patrick: Another Zelda 
III fanatic but can be 
tempted into Top Gear and 


Duncans Would play 
Star Control, but he can’t 
get it to work on his NES 



Super Probotector, with 
Streetfighter II against 
Daniel for light relief. 


X 


on the NES. 


X 


and Star Wars on the NES. 


X 


Super Tennis. Great love of 
the moment Final Fantasy 
Adventure (Game Boy.) 


X 


(It’s a Mega Drive game) so 
has to make do with Zelda 
III and Prince Of Persia. 



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review 



I' Spider-man 

has the 
fantastic 

ability, and I’m quoting from 
the game here, “to cause 
parts of his body to stick to 
most surfaces.” That’s not 
that fantastic, actually - I 
can do it myself if I don’t 
wash for a couple of days. 

As for the web thing, anyone 


P atrick McCarthy is our 
very own office 
superhero. In many ways 
he’s typical: Unbalanced, 
egotistical and with 
absolutely no dress sense. 

Spider-Man and the 
X-Men in Arcade’s 
Revenge went 
straight to him for 
the insider’s 
viewpoii 


yep man 
spid 


I wonder if Brighton Pier is going to be getting one of these? 


can do that with a can of 


Christmas streamers up 


each sleeve. Not much of a 




spidey's tests 


Spidey has to fight his way 
across a lethal building site, 
complete with workmen 
throwing bags of exploding 
concrete, exposing their 
buttocks and wolf-whistling, 
and welding robots shooting 
lasers at him. In addition, the 
high winds and driving rain 
make leaping from girders 
rather hazardous. But will it 
deter him? Probably. 


/I 


I 



Wolverine isn’t 
what you’d call a 
“natural” 
superhero. No 
radiation went 
into his creation whatsoever. 
All he’s done is strap some 
big spikes to the back of his 
hands and pumped some 
weights. He has the temerity 
to call the spikes “claws,” and 
he’s based his whole persona 
on this. I mean, on this scale 
of superhero-dom, you could 
sellotape a couple of swiss 
army knives to your gums and 
call yourself “Sharkine.” (Hold 
the front page! DC Comics.) 




Woifie’s problems come in the 
form of a giant, psychotically- 
populated toyshop, complete 
with toy soldiers with fixed 
bayonets, circus clowns with 
acid-filled custard pies and 
machine gun-firing Jack-in- 
the-boxes. Just like Hamleys 
on Saturday, really. 



“I wanna kill him!” “No, I wanna do it!” 


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i 






~ i Like Michael 

■ -J Fish, Storm is a 

r I mutant who has 

the ability to 
• —• control the 
weather, utilising a lightning 
bolt to light the oven, and the 
odd downpour when her hair 
needs washing. Unlike 
Michael Fish, however, Storm 
is a funny-coloured chick 
with enormous breasts. (Oh, I 
don’t know... Ed.) 


Luckily for Storm, silicone is very buoyant. 


otnnrn 


Gambit has the 
slightly far¬ 
fetched (What! 
Ed.) - sorry... 
er... thoroughly 
believable power, hopefully 
generated by radiation, to 
energise any object he cares 
to and throw it at someone he 
doesn’t like, so that it 
explodes and causes them 
untold harm. This gives him a 
massive psychological edge in 
most fights - after all, who 
could hold their head up after 
being severely injured by an 
underarm-delivered Baby Wet 
One, or a casually-lobbed 
Barbie Action Set? 


storm's tests 


In order to negate Storm’s 
weathergirl skills, Arcade has 
put her in an underwater 
maze with metallic squids and 
piranhas, harpoon-firing 
scuba divers and sea mines. 
The only way out is to raise 
the water level to the ceiling, 
where the exit is. And hold 
your breath a lot. 


Gambit has been dumped into 
a gigantic chess set, complete 
with exploding prawns (Pawns. 
Ed.), homicidal queens (Don’t 
say a word. Ed.) and psychotic 
actors dressed as Bobby 
Fischer. In addition, there’s a 
rather nasty gigantic spiked 
wheel chasing him. 


Gambit’s long leather coat may look realy cool, but it’s no good as armour.. 


in arcade's 




cyclops 


I 


<? ) Cyclops is more 

like it. Originally 
named Cyclops 
at school 
because he had 
a face like a cat’s bottom, he 
has taken this cruel nickname 
and turned it to his 
advantage. He has the spooky 
ability to fire beams of energy 
from his eyes, although it’s 
not specified whether this 
was caused by a late-night 
laboratory-based accident 
with radiation. Let’s hope so. 


cyclops' tests 


Cyclops has to jump in and 
out of poorly-appointed 
miniature railway carriages 
(Mine carts. Ed.) in a roller¬ 
coaster ride to oblivion, while 
being shot at, spat at and 
bombed. Just like being a 
commuter really. 


ou probably want to know 
how I became a 
superhero, don’t you? (Not 
at all. A Reader.) Well, I 
was carrying out perverse 
experiments with some 
radioactive potatoes late one 
night in my laboratory, when the 
bulldog clips I was using were 
struck by lightning in a freak 
accident. Thus was The Tuber 
born, a superhero whose 
incredible potatoey powers 
include a large, fat shapeless 
body with no arms or legs, a 
hideous complexion and the 
ability to remain motionless for 
years. Supervillains look out. 


the world of 
the superhero 


The world of the superhero is a 
strange one: mobs of people 
rush about in spandex catsuits 
of questionable taste, looking 
like a convention of overly- 
extraverted shape-up-and- 
dance devotees - and people 
take them seriously. They don’t 
get locked in the funny farm. The 
police seem to accept having 
their cases interfered with by a 
bunch of out-of-work 
egomaniacal cross-dressers. 
Nobody laughs at people whose 
calves are bigger than their 
heads. It’s perfectly acceptable 
to everyone that none of the 
men have winkles. 


But only a little, mind. (I thought 
it was out of character. Ed.) 
Arcade is an evil arch-villain - a 
specialist hit-man who got bored 
with simply pushing a Bic into 
someone’s eyeball. He’s created 
a huge murderous amusement 
park in which he dumps his 
victims. He’s captured some of 
the X-Men (who can’t be very 


...And her hair’s still perfect! 


rn.'iHH 


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core: 


- W6 M 5 O 


any of you will have read about the exciting exploits of Spidey 
and his chums on these pages and thought, “Wow. I want to be 
a superhero, too.” Of course, some of the less wholesome among 
you will have thought, “Wow, I want to be a supervillain, too.” Here is 
your indispensible Game Zone guide to both. 


the typical superhero 





the typical supervillain 


Graphics 


regular tests 
for all ages 

There are 15 different levels, three 
levels for each character, including 
two “tests”, plus the original 
Spidey bit that gets you into the 
main game. You can take any of 
the characters’ first levels in any 
order, and finish a second level of 
one before you start the first of 
another, but you have to finish the 
first and second of all the 
characters before you can set out 
on the final levels. (I’m sorry, can 


Addictiveness 


Playability 


OUERRLL 


Out: December Price: tba 
Publisher: Acclaim 


verdict 

If it’s a choice 


between an ill-fitting 
catsuit and this, 
buy this. 


Spidey desperately hoping his cozzy doesn’t go see-through in the rain... 


how to be a supervillain 


we run through that again? Ed.) 
There are mean baddies and 
some really MEAN end-of-level 
basts to deal with. So there’s even 
more to do and see than on a day 
out at the Museum of Smoking- 
Related Illness. 


(Pardon? Ed.) Spidey is a good 
example of the platform genre. The 
graphics and animation are fine, 
the music and sound is good at 
times (for example, the thunder and 
lightning in the Spidey bit is 
superb, but the “Spidey sense 
tingling” noise sounds a bit like 
someone farting into a microphone) 
and the gameplay is nicely varied - 
including underwater sections and 
scrolling sections - and certainly 
challenging enough. In these harsh, 
stark, bleak, desperate (Alright, 
alright. Ed.) times of economic 
recession it’s important that when 
you blow good money on a game 
it gives value in terms of 
playability and lastability, and this 
cart’s worth the dosh. Good stuff, 


The typical supervillain has to have an 
obsession. It’s not enough to be obsessed with 
getting lots of money at the expense of very 
little effort, otherwise you could just get a job 
as editor of Game Zone. (Ho ho. Take your 
Laughing Cow Mooing Mug and get out. Ed.) 


“hard” really when you think about 
it) - Wolverine, Cyclops, 

Storm....and Gambit, too - you 
remember, the poncey one from 
the New Avengers, played by 
Gareth Hunt, the martyr to rhyming 
slang. (I think it’s another Gambit, 
actually. Ed.) 

Unfortunately Spider-man - 
Spidey to you, Spid to me - saw 
this last abduction and rode the 
truck to the amusement park. This 
is where the game starts - you, as 
Spid, have to deactivate the 
security eyes that litter the maze¬ 
like entrance in the right order, 
helped by your tingling spider- 
sense. Once you’re in, you realise it 
was a bad idea, because the 
treacherous, peril-ridden trials that 
Arcade had intended to set for 
your chums will now be set for you, 
too. Sucker. 


Sil 


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up and running. Time it just right at the start of each race and 
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joypad will move you sideways while the Left and Right buttons 
make you jump. Each kart and driver has their own strengths 
and weaknesses and it’s I 

them. Another quick touch 

of the A button activates a ' m ■ : t~ 

special powerup if you’ve 

managed to collect one 

somewhere around the 

circuit. As a fuel injected 

bonus, it’s possible to ride 

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good enough you’ll 

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Mix Super Mario 
World and F-Zero. Do 
you get a hangover? 
No, but Rile Haynes 
insists Super Mario 
Kart still packs one 
hell of a kick. 


^ 0 JgMte acing games, eh? Love or hate 
’em, you certainly can’t ignore 
'v;v :^s em. (Especially on the SNES. 

11119 PI * I m m Ed.) After Nintendo released F- 
Zero many believed this was it, the 
■ ,^-vw .. i pinnacle of a genre within the first 

//inirK 5^ months of release. That’s unheard of! 

* There’s been a fair number of imitators 

in the past two years, but none of them 
have surpassed the sheer high excellence of the ultra-fast and 
utterly sexy demonstration of fancy 3D graphics seen in F-Zero. 
That is, (Hush in the audience, please. Ed.) until now. 

Super Mario Kart is simply sizzling. Everybody’s fave video game 
stars go belting around some ker-razy courses in turbo go-karts 
without losing any of the playability and addictiveness of previous 
Super Mario Bros, outings. It’s the video game equivalent of Wacky 
Races with Mario and Yoshi taking on the roles of Dastardly and 
Muttley. There are so many twists and turns, it’s enough to make 
you feel queasy with motion sickness. Almost. With no unnecessary 
complications like pitstops to clutter the drive ’em-up cavorting, 
this game is completely easy peezy and suitable for all ages. Just 
as well, really, because our instructions were printed in Japanese. 

With the sort of slick images previously seen in F-Zero and Pilot 
Wings, this release is a dream to look at. Lots of delightful foot 
tapping ditties accompany the monstrous mechanical mayhem and 
there’s plenty of satisfying sound effects too. For instance, it’s great 
to hear Yoshi growling at any driver who foolishly tries to pass him 
during a race. Sampled speech is about the only thing missing. (I’m 
not surprised! Have you heard the cheesy Super Mario Bros, voices 
on the TV-AM cartoon? Ed.) 

Be warned! Super Mario Kart is not half as much fun if you’re a 
sad lonely person with no friends to play with. (Have you got any 
advice for anyone like that? Ed.) Sure thing, boss. Call the 
Samaritans, join a local social club or do something else instead. 

How come the most triumphant Super NES is blessed with so 
many brilliant video games? Hmmm... I don’t know. Just sit back, 
enjoy the moment and let Nintendo take you for a ride. 


time trial 


grand prix 


A fun way to spend an hour or two, this is a bonus game 
where you have to burst the three balloons tied to your 
opponent’s kart before they do the same to you. Choose 
from four tracks, erm, battlefields to make war on. The 
ghost powerup is supreme in this section. 


Even if you’re a social outcast 
you can still play in battle 
mode. But it’s nowhere near 
as much fun so get a friend. 


Squillions and squllions of different tracks (Well, about 
20 to be precise. Ed.) to learn and master in your quest 
to be king of the karts. 













































O h no! I hate choices. Should I eat classic 
cornflakes for breakfast or something with 
healthy bran and raisins in it? Is Mercury really a 
better option than BT? Are the chicken dip 
thingies tastier at Burger King than McDonald’s? 
What about the new ones from Kentucky Fried 
Chicken? Help!* And, which of the eight 
characters in Super Mario Kart should be 
chosen? Here’s a rough guide... (By the way, 
each of these characters has a special powerup 
when controlled by the computer.) 


u migi Same as 
above. Luigi and Mario 
have this nasty habit of 
turning invincible when 
you try to overtake them, 
and you’ll collapse in an 
uncontrollable spin if the 
plumbing pair are touched in 
this state of ultimate toughness. 


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best combination of driver and kart. He likes to drop 
banana skins in the most inappropriate places. 

O toad Mushroom mush is a bit weedy and 
chucks out the same pesky powerups as Princess 
Mushroom. Try not to get flattened after being 
reduced in both stature and speed by one of their 
magic mushrooms. Hey, don’t try this at home kids. 

O bowser Trust the nasty Koopa boss to 
be a bit of a mean geezer on his kart. He’s got a 
bloody big thruster! Oo-er! 


‘Some advice from our Ed: 

(i) Why not alternate between eating cornflakes and something 
with bran and stuff? 

(ii) Yes, I’ve found Mercury to be a cheaper, more reliable service. 

(iii) They all taste like portions of synthetic crap to me. Have a 
juicy red apple instead. 


rive over the question mark blocks 
located near the beginning of each 
course and you’ll get one of these... 

until you swing 
1 J | in front of someone then let ’em 
--— have it! 


E VTrT^nTQ^Slirief burst of 

peedup. Handy thing to have if you 
ccidentally slide off the track. 

Quick way to take 
are of the nearest competitor 
[lead. Be careful not to misfire and 
hit yourself on the rebound, stupid! 

It’s like a Sidewinder homing 
missile! Just remember to get in close before 
you let one rip... 


\t Collect enough of these 
babies and you won’t get hassled 
by collisions. 

, 

Fly higher than normal 
for a split second. Works best in 
the battle mode. 


1 Steal the powerup 

—currently owned by the other 
human player and momentarily 
become invisible to them. Sneaky, eh? 

Excellent! Not only does this 
shrink the other drivers for a while, but you 
can also run them over and squish ’em. 


Q Grab a 
fighting chance 
with this limited 
period of 


Graphics 


Sound 


Addictiveness 


Playability 


Out: Now Price: £49.99 
Publisher: Nintendo 


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CROSS THE THRESHOLD TO THE LAND OF NO RETURN 


Enter the world of HeroQuest Advanced citadel miniatures. Ores, Goblins and battling 
Quest, where the forces of darkness are barbarians. 

massing against you. And fight for survival on no less than 

In the ultimate game of fantasy you will do 13 different levels of thrilling adventure, 
battle with a vast army of 47 highly detailed Once you've entered, will you ever return? 








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Patrick McCarthy’s 
a boring sod, so we 
thought we’d let 
him write one of his 
snorey reviews for 
an adventure game, 
because nobody 
reads them anyway. 
He’s even forgotten 
to mention the 
name of the game 
in his intro. 



boy meets girl 

One of the key points of the game is the fact 
that you, as a hunky, brave, lantern-jawed but 
sadly stumpy hero are accompanied on your 
travels by a tender, emotionally-giving heroine, 
who’s probably got a soft-focus plunging 
cleavage or something but luckily she’s also 
far too stumpy for these details to be visible. 
She doesn’t do very much actually, except give 
you full body massages whenever you’re hurt, 
restoring your hit-points to their full capacity if 
you ask her nicely. Bit of a pisser if you wanted 
to be a female hero, but it’s a man’s world, as 
my lumberjack mother always told me. 



Argh! The dreaded tiger-headed ameoba! 



The tragedy, the drama, the silly names... 



These are the havens of peace and tranquillity 
in an otherwise violent world. Here you can 
pay money to rest overnight at inns (and so 
restore your stamina and hit-points,) buy 
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Daniel Pemberton 
claimed that he could 
be the first games 
reviewer to review 
Castlevania III without 
making any jokes about 
whips. Not one of us 
believed him. 


S nore. The scenario writers at 
Konami obviously wanted to 
get home early when they 
wrote this one. Once again 
old Dracula is on the warpath and 
has assembled an army of evil, 
who, as the instructions so 
poetically put it, are to “bury 

mankind in a Tomb of 
Terror.” Woo, I’m scared. 
I’d better go and get my 
emergency underpants. 
Anyway, if you thought 
things couldn’t get any 
worse, they can. You’re 
called Trevor. Oh dear. 
You are the forefather of Simon 
Belmont and the origin of the 
Belmont Warlord Chronicles. 
Double oh dear. Let’s hope 
the game’s a lot 
better than the 
scenario, eh? 

Hands up 
those who’ve 
played one of the 
Castlevania games 
before. Okay, well you 
can naff off for the moment ’cos 
you’ll know all of what I’m about to 
say. Those who haven’t played one 
before listen carefully. The most 
famous thing about the Castlevania 
series of games is probably the 
whip which the hero (A decendant 
of the Belmont family.) carries with 
him at all times. Not only is this a 
rather good weapon but it’s also 
had millions of crap unfunny jokes 
written about it from games 
reviewers. So I’ve decided not to 
tell any and make no references to 
a certain Mr. Bough. (Actually the 
reason I’m not going to tell any 
is ’cos I can’t think of any.) The 
idea of the game is to battle 
through the numerous 
landscapes, killing 
various spooks, 
spectres and spirits 
and make your way 
to Dracula and his big scary 
castle. To be honest I don’t see 
the point since we all know that 
you’ve got to kill him again in 
Castlevania IV, and no doubt 
there’ll be a sequel to that too. 

If I was one of the Belmont 
family I’d just stay at home 
and get a video out while 
waiting for the next 


Castlevania game. It’d be a lot safer 
too. That’s about it really, but there 
are plenty of power ups and stuff to 
help you on your journey. 

So is this different to any of the 
other games in the series? Well, 
um... not really. There is one new 
thing, which is the ability to choose 
different characters. When you 
complete certain stages you are 
given the choice of whether or not 
you want a certain spirit to hang 
around with you. If you do, a quick 
flick of the Select button and you’ll 
have instantly turned into your 
spiritual friend. Wow, that’s a trick 
that not even Paul ‘Every second 
counts’ Daniels could do. But why 
would you wanna do that? Well 

each spirit can do it’s own 
special tricks, and 
we’re not talking 
sawing a woman 
in half type tricks 
here, we’re 
talking climbing 
vertical walls, flying 
and lots of other clever 
things. These things are so clever 
that they could start watching any 
episode of Twin Peaks about half 
way through, and still understand it. 
Now that’s clever. 

If I told you the graphics in this 
game were really excellent, I’d be 
lying. And if I told you that I could 
play Mozart’s 5th symphony on the 
Norwegian nose flute while gargling 
flat Tizer from a can I’d be lying too, 
’cos I’m allergic to flat Tizer. But the 
graphic artist obviously isn’t. I think 
he overdosed on it or something, 
’cos you’ve got some really weird 
colours in this game. Like on the 
first level, once you’ve realised 
that your Nintendo HASN’T 

crashed and that the 
graphics are meant 
to be like that, it’s all 
kind of dark and 
creepy, but then 

these bright pink blocks pop up. 
It’s like seeing George from 
Rainbow in Ninja Blood Bath 
Massacre 2. Actually I’m being a 
bit hard on the graphic artist 
here because some of the 
graphics are actually really 
nice, like the stained glass 
window bits. On the 
sound front it’s 






Trevor Belmont, hero, hardened vampire killer, and wearer of pink leather boots. 


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nothing special, the 
effects are pretty 
average, as is the 
music. The game 
play is pretty skill, 
but if you already 
own a Castlevania 
game you may find it a bit snorey, 
and it is very repetitive. There are 
also some really annoying things 
like when you fall down to your 
death, when all you wanted to do 
was go up some stairs. Actually, 
when you fall from a great height 
it’s quite funny ’cos you stay 
perfectly still and just drop. It’s like 
dropping a weight off 
the top of your house. 
All in all the gameplay 
ain’t too bad really. 

One of the most 
frustrating things in 
games is having to 
slog your way through 
the earlier level, and 
when you’ve got a 
game like this, which 
has 17 long levels it’s 
going to be a real drag. 
Luckily it’s got a 
password system. 
Hurrah! You’re also 
given the chance to 
choose different paths 
once you’ve finished a 
level, which scores 
quite highly on the 
Handy-0 Meter. 
Castlevania III is 
quite a smart 
game. If you don’t 
like Castlevania 
games you won’t 
like this either, but 
if you do, well, um... 
you will, since it’s 
much the same type of gameplay. 
Although it’s got unlimited 
continues you won’t be finishing it 
on your second go, as it’s quite 
hard. Not very scary though. @ 


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ey, Castlevania's really creepy isn’t it? 
ut how creepy? Behind the sofa creepy? 
or just creepy creepy? Here’s a handy list of 
some things more scary than Castlevania. 

Waking up and finding that you’re 
married to Esther Rantzen. 

A bright yellow ‘Monster In My Pocket’ 

A repeat of ‘The Wombles Of Wimbledon.’ 
Grotbags the Witch off the Rod Hull 
and Emu show. 

Being David Meilor 
Only being able to afford 
Dunlop Green Flash Trainers 
A small ripe cabbage. 

Come to think of it most 
things are more scary than 
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Spider-Man is having jump and web, yes? 


All blood rushing to head. Much headache. 


Spider-Man is stopping HobGoblin? Maybe. 


H ello, fellows! Am speaking you from Sweden this 
month, isn’t it? Is nice country, yes, because 
mooses and happy small children. Oh and plenty 
of the superheroes. Ha ha! 

In Sweden, yes, many fellow wear underpant on 
head (I think) for the big muscular time. Oh, how we 
weed people scared. Have here Bigman With The 
Blond Hair, Biggerman With The Blond Hair, Big 
Woman She Have Blond Hair Too and many other. 
Them go round like the Dolph Lundgren, maybe, hit the 
people walking in the road while the little red flasher, 
then the clever one liner like “Waiting for the green 
man next time, maybe?” Ha, ha. 

Now you Lord Paul ask me review Spider-Man 2 
over this Game Boy thing. Ha ha. Easy, I think, until 
playing. Still say yes, because you English royalty help 
charity, make children then running off with Squidgy. 

Spider-Man, I consult dictionary, and he not there, 
no. Poor showing eh? So ask friend who stay in read 
comic, other young people laugh at. He say Spider- 
Man once man now spicier. I laugh, say “This thing I 
guess, dickbrain” (learn new English word, ha ha.) 
Seem he have Spider powers, throw web, esp thing 
sense danger. Very silly dress too, since he not wear 
underpant on head, but red and blue skintight thing 
with nifty web design. Sexy, maybe. 

Your David Mellor, ha ha. You English woman very 
strange find him sexy. He look like frog, ha ha! 

The game, yes. Six level of fun time, with five scary 
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Ha, ha. Bad guy is stupid. Him not seeing spidey. 




Is feeling at home, rats and drain, hmm? 



Bad guy is missing. Ha, ha! 


I am thinking Spider-Man in trouble, maybe, yes? 






meet Hobgoblin. He not nice fellow, would not be 
allowed in Sweden since fly in Goblin Glider not use 
unleaded petrol. You English types understand only 
leaded petrol (hole in sky make the birds heat up) and 
the bacons and egg. Flip difficult work out defeating 
Hobgoblin. Take me good six hour. 

Graphics OK but not special. Bummer. Spider-Man 
very small, backgrounds dark and complicated, 
difficulty see bullets and stuff coming towards. 

Controls very frustrating. 

Can punch, kick, 
summersault, throw 
web up and climb, 
throw web at angle 
and swing, fire attack 
web - and all with two 
button! Too much, I think. 
Often punch with A button, also fire web by accident. 
Waste web without wishing. No web left, can’t play 
game unless find extra supply. Start again, boring yes? 

Kill Hobgoblin, search for the power-up things and 
punch many baddies. Need Oil power Goblin Glider, 
but in top of building with no door! Another six hours 
work out, even then very difficult, involve swinging on 
the web then drop through trap door. Many time start 
again after use all web. Not very interested now. 

You English, ha ha! Am coming here to London 
recent, seeing this cricket game you call it. English 
team of fat boys, ha ha! Funny game last only five 
minute, then sit in rain for eight hour saying bad light 
stop play. Am there in rain watching grass and all you 
English boys with the shirts off and sunburn! 



The game, yes. Finally make to Level Two, The Lab. 
Here many soldier shoot you. Spider-Man climbing 
over cranes and machinery escape, but can’t work out 
enter doors (bummer) so go to Level Three, The 
Sewers. Get lost, bitten by rats and vampire bats. 
Never find The Lizard, second Super Villain, so turn off 
game, swear some things like “Dashed poor showing 
chap!” and “Take that, Fritz!”. 

Spider-Man 2 lot more complicated Spider-Man 1 , 
but not good thing. Too much by half or something. 
Sense of 
achievement, 
maybe when 
puzzle out after 
near six hour, but 
then stuck again 
too soon.And 
again. And 
again. All stop, 
start, but with 


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stop. Only start I 
get when Spider 
in bath, ha ha! 
Not Spider-Man, 
hope, ha ha! 
(Sweden sense 
of humour 
slightly under¬ 
developed, 
maybe.) 

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Playability 



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Publisher: Acclaim 




tool up 

pick ups 

Looking up in dictionary and 
seem when chat to woman 
she say something like “Big 
Boy,” go home with you for 
coffee. We Sweden like 
coffee, so many pick-up, ha, 
ha. Also seem large truck 
with hook thing on back. 
Drive around and you pay 
much money. Not 
understand. (This box shows 
which pick ups you’ve 
collected, including the 
crowbar for forcing boarded- 
up doors, the Oil to power 
the Goblin Glider, keys for 
doors and so on. Ed.) 

web fluid 

Fluid for the web-making, ha ha! 
You English types, you eat the 
chips with everything and when 
it is time for bed you say “Good 
night” and things. (This is the 
amount of web fluid left. It 
decreases alarmingly rapidly 
and when you’ve run out you 
either find a spare supply or ship 
out. Ed.) 

spidey-sense 

What is this thing Spidey? I not 
understand. Maybe a spider 
without the ( r’ but a ‘y’ instead. 
Perhaps it is the question “Why 
spider?”, and so... (Look, shut 
up. It’s Spider-man’s esp, which 
flashes when there’s imminent 
danger. Except it only flashed 
once when I played, at the 
electric fence, and that had a big 
’Danger’ sign on it, anyway. 
Otherwise, I got killed loads of 
times and the Spidey-sense 
didn’t even flicker. How 
dangerous do they want? Ed.) 

spidey's energy 

“Why spider?”, you say 
and... (Sniiiip. This heart drains 
as Spider-man is wounded. When 
the heart is empty, you lose one 
life. Ed.) 

enemy's energy 

The energy of the enemy, ha ha! 
Your Lucozade and glucose and 
the steroid things of your English 
weightlifters, maybe. (Yes, 
nearly. This shows the remaining 
strength of a confronted Super 
Villain. Ed.) 

spidey's strength 

(Scuffle sounds amid cries of 
“Chap!”. Followed by the sound 
of a Swedish body hitting the 
floor. Hard.) 

(Aaaah, that’s better. Normal 
service is now resumed. This 
shows the strength of Spidey’s 
punches and kicks, and is 
increased by finding the 
appropriate pick-up. Ed.) 



lives 


(Your remaining lives. You start 
with three. Extra lives are 
available as pick ups. Ed.) 



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J eremy Daldry 

reviewed Robocop 
III from Ocean. Boom, 
boom. (A word in your 
ear please Jeremy. Ed.) 


hen I tell me friends what I do for a 
living, they almost always say, 
‘Wow that must be really smart, 
playing games all day.’ And, I must 
admit, that on the whole my job must rate 
as a pretty cool way of paying the rent. 
Playing games, (not all day, but pretty much 
most of the time) writing, you know. 

But every so often there comes a game 
that pushes you to the limit. Not because it’s 
overly addictive, or even because it’s a 
tough game, but because it’s crap. No, not 
just crap but frustrating, boring, badly put 
together and an all-round complete wind¬ 
up. A game that makes me wish I was an 
accountant. Robocop III is such a game. 


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ell it all involves the 

day Guy Fawkes and 
the Gun Powder plotters, 
decided to... No hold on, 
that’s not right. For a 
minute I was overcome by 
the smell of burning 
bonfires, roasting chestnuts 
and other such Autumnal 
thangs. Robocop III , yes, 
ermm... a plot. Well it 
doesn’t really have one, but 
as far as anyone can gather, 
it’s based loosely on a film 
that no one’s going to see. 
Great. In the game, 
however, Robo goes round 
and shoots things in a 
variety of different 
locations, some of which 
are in the air. Dar, dar! I can 
see the Nobel prize for 
literature winging its way to 
Ocean now. 


Look, with games there is a fine line that 
must be balanced. It’s a bit like jugglers. (I 
sense a tangent about to be ‘gone off on’. 
Ed.) Jugglers want to look impressive, so 
they juggle impressive things, clubs, balls, 
seasonal fruit. But if they get too over 
confident and don’t practice enough they 
end up dropping everything. This makes 
then look very silly indeed. 

The same could be said of Robocop III. 
(Ermm... Ed.) Its graphics and sound are 
brill. Loads of nice little touches, (and we all 
know how nice it is to have a little touch,) 
huge sprites, well animated and the use of 
Mode 7 when Robo, on later levels, flies if 


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H old onto your hats, 
buckle down in your 
seats and get the vom 
bags ready - it’s time for 
another stomach 
churning Game Zone 
annotated screen. 

It’s you. The world’s first heavy 
metal dick. Big, silver and with 
the kinda range of guns you’d only 
usually expect to find in the locker of 
yer average American high school kid. 

The little busts of Robo show 
how many lives you’ve got left. 


Time, rather sureally, represents 
the time that you have left to 
complete that level. What a concept. 
Thing is, they are so generous you 
never, ever, run out. 

Numerology, what a load of old 
balls. This number has 
absolutely nothing to do with 
numerology but everything to do the 
amount of ammo you have left. 

The little thing that looks 
spookily like a battery is in fact 
your power bar. If it reaches zero you 
sprout wings and head on up to that 
great scrap yard in the sky. 


These little icon thangs are in 
fact your currently selected and 
available weapon. A whole range are 
available from your bog standard 
pistol, through machine gun, laser 
rifle, flame thrower to a little wooden 
job that drops a piece paper with the 
word ‘bang’ out of the barrel. 

Your score. This one’s for The 
Sound of Music. 

A baddie. This is a man with 
blood on his mind and a large 
pointy thing in his hands, that is 
pointing at you. Which wouldn’t be so 
bad but he’s your father. 


Potentially a 
very fine cart, ruined 
by a complete lack 
of any game play. 

I wouldn’t buy 
it for a dollar, let 
alone £50. 





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over the city, is smart. The music 
too clunks along with sampled 
bangs, biffs and booms. Great. 
Super. Lovely. But it’s the SNES 
that is doing all that. We all know 
what a fired up SNES can do in 
the old graphic and sound 
department. But, unfortunately, a 
SNES can’t supply gameplay. 


And lets face it, no matter how 
nice something looks, if it ain’t 
got no gameplay you may as 
well be watching TV. So where 
does Robocop III cock up? Well: 

$ The learning curve. L.C.’s are 
basts. Make them too shallow 
and you get slagged off for a 
game that’s too easy, make them 
too steep and the game is 
unplayable. Robo’s is too steep. 
Not the steepest ever, but steep 
enough to stop the game being 
‘challenging’ and start making it 
a wind-up. Couple that with... 

Stupid re-join points. You’ve 
got three lives. When you lose a 
life you don’t re-join the game at 
the point where you died, but 
right back at the beginning of the 
level. Result - Major W.U. (Wind- 
Up. Ed.) Especially if you’ve just 
trudged all through the level and 
reached the final bast, 
f Collision detection, like the 
learning curve, is a 
difficult one. Too , 

generous and the 
game’s a walk over, 
too precise and the 
console goes 

through the nearest JT^ 

window. Robo E * > 

suffers from highly 

precise collision 

detection, not so 

much with baddies, 

but more when you 


I are jumping. Miss 
and it’s right back to 
the start of the level 
and a hectic bout of 
swearing. Huge 
amounts of W.U. 

But, hey, apart 
from that... 


Like so many things, it’s all a 
matter of money. Robocop III 
looks great, sounds great, but 
plays like a pig. It also costs £50. 
Now in my book (and even more 
so, in my bank account) £50 is a 
lot of money. I mean, think what 
you could do with a £50 note... 
Buy almost ten L.P.’s , get so rip- 
roaringly drunk that you fall into 
a permanent coma, get a plane 
ticket to Amsterdam, or ‘request’ 
the company of Roxanne 
Razzabell and... (Yes, well I think 
that’s quite enough of that, thank 
you very much. Ed.) But 
seriously though folks, (I never 
guessed you weren’t being 
serious. Ed.) the point I’m trying 
to make is that for £50 you could 
buy any SNES game, so you 
might as well buy a decent one. 

If you want a game that’s great 
to look at and not too hot 
playability-wise then Robocop III 
is for you. If you want a game 
that will give hours of fun, rather 
than hours of frustration, then 
maybe you’d be a lot better off 
looking somewhere else. I don’t 
now, it just seems to me like 
major bucks for a minor game. 


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■ LI I anybody ever 

reads the rules, but for those of 
you who do - many thanks. Here 
they are: 

• Calls cost 38p per min cheap 
rate and 46p per min for the other 
23 hours and 55 minutes of the 
day, so get the permish of the 
’phone’s owner. 

• Entries received after 
November 23rd will be used line 
the litter tray of Scrapper, the 
Game Zone kitten. 

• The Ed’s word is unintelligible 
when he’s had a couple of pints 
but it’s still pretty final. 

• For further info on any of 
C.D.D.’s products write to Super 
Mario Bike Blasters, PO Box 92, 
Reading, Berkshire, RG4 7HX. 


G ame Zone, in conjunction with Creative Concept 

Development, are giving away 50 ultra noisy head of 
Mario bike blasters. Each blaster emits eight different 
skull-cracking sounds that are bound to wake up the 
neighbours. Just answer this very, very simple question. 

Which of these games has IVHario 
1 no;? appeared in? 13 it: 

a) Super Mario World 
b) Donkey Kong 
c) F - Zero 

Then just pick up the ’phone, dial 0898 121 154 (that’s 0898 
121 154), leave the letter of your answer, your full name and 
address and then ring off. Simple hey? Bet you can almost 
hear the Mario head winging its way to you right now... 


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Bart and a Juggernaut each stand on one of those 
power station chimneys that look like they’ve been 
slimming, and then hit each other with sticks. The first 
to fall off three times loses. A representative of any 
British nucl^r power station then invites each 
contestant ^Bour his power station, just to prove how 
safe it is, tHBshows them ’round whilst wearing Cyril 
Smith as a protective outer garment. 


moe’s tavern 
shove test 

Bart takes on Snarla and Barney 
Grumble in a wrestling free-for-all. 
Or, rather, free-for-Snarla-and- 
Barney, not-so-free-for-Bart, since 
Barts headbutts, flying drop kicks 
and shoves seem worryingly 
inadequate. Lots of old women 
spectate and scream very loudly 
while becoming unnecessarily 
agitated. Later, someone tells them 
that the word ‘Gullible’ has been 
taken out of the dictionary and they 
become indignant and ask why. 


i thing in the corner of the 
screen near the end of each 
program, and every cartoon 
ever screened. Nature 
I programs and the 

^r““ ht news are definitely 

’ out. When the news 

comes on I throw 

l. childish taunts at them 
■rjp and berate the weather 

people for their 
stereotyped cloud symbols. 

The Simpsons (Ah, I was 
wondering when we were going to 
get on to them. Ed) has to be one 
of the best cartoon series ever. 
Except that it’s only on Sky. A 
station with a 24-hour news 
channel. And Frank Bough (who 
may’ve proved in the past couple of 
years that he is dead excellent, but 
his wife is called Nesta.) 

With that in mind (the 
Simpsons bit, not the 
Nesta bit) it’s hardly 
surprising that small 
children have been caught up S J 
in the merchandising frenzy, 


W hen I was much l 
younger, back in j| 
the elastic bow tie jpi a 
days, my parents ™ 
used to force me to u u 
watch cartoons. V* 

Nah, just kidding. 

When cartoons came _ | 
on telly, they used to 
tie me to David 
Bellamy and send me into 
the garden to watch flowers 
growing. David Bellamy would 
provide a commentary and, after 
we’d been watching the same 
flower do very little for a few 
weeks, he would tell me tales of 
how he grew his first beard at the 
age of six and why he finds grass 
interesting. Me and Daivid got on 
really well until the chicken. 

Now I am free to watch what I 
please. Reverse psychology 

dictates that my viewing habits 
take in anything presented by 
^ Terry Wogan, award 
ceremonies and fund raising 
events, that funny zebra crossing 


These questions are just so hard... 

throwing themselves (not literally) 
into Bart pencil cases, jaundiced 
skin transplants... And Nintendo are 
back with the second Bart Game 
Boy game after the hugely 
wonderful Escape From Camp 
Deadly. 

The premise of this one is still 
cooler, since it pits young Simpson 
against a spoof of American 
Gladiators : The Juggernauts. For 
those of you who don’t watch Night 
Time telly - and a large Family 
Fortunes- style ‘X’ (plus the 
accompanying sound effect) 

against your overly 
J «al^ a | sensible characters 
fcTflt for missing out - the 
*ir/V American Gladiators 
are a sort of 
sporting 

■ Chippendales, 

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We were going to 
write a funny intro 
about how Nick 
Griffiths looks 
alarmingly like 
Bart Simpson but 
he’s bigger than 
us so we didn’t. 


the krustyland 

hammer 

slammer 

Bart uses a large mallet to stop 
four juggernauts shimmying 
down fairground ‘test your 
strength’ machines. 


herman’s military 
minefield mayhem 

Bart parachutes into a minefield (no 
explanation given,) avoiding knives, 
etc thrown by Juggernauts. He then 
avoids mines and crawls under 
barbed wire. 
























































the kwick-e 


mart doggie 
dodge 

Bart climbs up dog biscuits 
(again, no explanation 
given,) via sausage vines. 

He avoids Doggernauts 
named Chompy, Growly, 
Chewy and Mr Bite, by 
tempting them with bones 
and using a Doggernaut arm 
protector. The Doggernauts 
try to stop him by eating the 
sausages and Bart. 


capt lance murdock’s 
skateboard bash & crash 

Bart skateboards down a long ramp, avoiding slices of pizza 
and Juggernauts who punch through the ramp. If he is 
travelling fast enough, he sails feet-first through the air and 
attempts to topple a Juggernaut standing on a large column. 
He asks the Juggernaut why he is standing atop said column, 
but the Juggernaut’s vocabulary is so underdeveloped that 
his reply makes very little sense. 


Bart picks up weights and drops 
them on to the Juggernaut’: 
bar. When sufficiently ovei 

she retreats, muttering. 




Bart grS^fa ball, runs across a large chessboard 
and puts it in a net on the other side. On the way 
he stops for a lengthy conversation with lots of 
people who play chess. They discuss fashion and 
peer popularity. Alternatively, Bart runs to the 
other side of the giant chessboard and deposits 
the ball in a goal, earning $500. Two Juggernauts 
try to stop Bart. If they catch him, they throw him 
several yards. If he lands on a black square, he is 
electrocuted. The black and white squares swap 
places at the most inopportune moments. 


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them are women. They are called 
things like Blaze, Gold, 

Nitro, Tin and Nigel. 

They compete against 
contestants in the 
most bizzare games. 


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HANKS. 
FELLAS. 


running up walls, shooting things 
and being well macho (even the 
women.) Interviewed by the 
presenters, they say things like 
“Grrr” and “Hmmm” (playing for 
time while they remember “Grrr”.) 

Here, Bart competes in seven 
suitably silly events, under the 
adjudication of Dr Marv Monroe 
and Capt Lance Murdock. Each 
host has an outsized upper lip and 
looks strangley like John Major. 

There are four weeks of events, 
and Bart has to earn enough cash 
each week to enter the next week. 
To qualify for the second week you 
need $10,000.1 failed consistently 

VIOLENCE 1 h 
IS DE E PL S ) raach 

ROOTED IN 1 that 

THE MALE 
PSSC HE . . . 


accumulated a loser’s 
grand total after 
several 
hundred 
attempts of 
some $8 


target, 

but 


billion. I’m writing this review from 
a small island in the South Pacific, 
surrounded by naked Lena 
Zavaroni lookalikes, armed with a 
life subscription to Family Circle. 

See, Juggernauts is far too 
difficult (and uninteresting), and 
there are no continues available. 
Had I not been forced to persevere 
playing for review purposes, I 
would gladly have posted the cart 
to Norman Lamont. The concept 
might have sent you whooping to 
the doorstep to order that extra 
pinta with the special top that traps 
birds and pecks holes in their 
heads, but Juggernauts gunned 
5000 revs out of the funky moped 
to Thrillsville then took a wrong 
turn towards Newport Pagnell. 

The Skateboard Crash and Bash 
is more luck than judgement at the 



speeds required; the Hop, Skip & 

Fry is better, but still often down to 
luck for survival; and to win the 
Nuclear Bop you simply need to jab 
repeatedly with the B button. 

I did finally make it to Week Two, 
unsurprisingly failed to qualify for 
the new events, and was sent back 
to the start of Week One again. At 
this point I began to think seriously 
about smashing the cart to bits. 

The game’s saving graces are 
the humour, the wild graphics and 
the fab music. But graphics and 
sound maketh not a great game. 

End of review. OH 




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Publisher: Acclaim 


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When aliens invaded and 
conquered the Earth, the 
Game Zone staff knew 
there was only one thing 
to do. With an air of 
resignation Lord Paul 


unlocked the cage and released 
psychotic alien-killing Earth-saver, Andy 
‘the’ Butcher. 

“Maim?” he asked, gleefully. 


As well as shooting and 
killing, a Probotector 
can also pose, as 
above. Well ’ard 


Tactics, no. 1: Run right up to the bast and fire point-blank into its marth. 


...everything 

In other words, it’s a bit varied. 
Every level is distinct, and within 
each there are often different 






| here were two plots to Super Probotector. 
The real one was very snorey and very 
normal, so there wasn’t much point in telling 
it. The second one was completely fictitous, but it 
was sharp, witty, intelligent, thought provoking, and 
packed full of drama and intrigue. Unfortunately it 
wouldn’t fit on the page. All you really need to know 
is that aliens have invaded, and it’s up to you (or 
you and a friend) to give ’em a smack in da marth. 


P sychologists tell us that 

childhood experiences can 
have a great affect on a 
persons later life. It’s certainly 
true in my case. I’ve never been the 
same since that fateful day when I 
first saw Space Invaders. Come to 
think of it, I’ve never been the same 
since the incident with the half¬ 
gallon of double cream, the red 
leather whip and the... Ahem, 
cough, anyway, where was 
I? (About to be fired. Ed.) 

Yes well, as I was saying, 
ever since Space Invaders 
I’ve had a real problem with 
aliens. Well, with aliens that 
are still alive, anyway. To be fair, it 
has to be said that I get on quite 
well with dead aliens. 

yes, maim... 

My real interest, however, lies in the 
process whereby a live alien (bad) 


better.) And thus we come to Super 
Probotector. This is a game that is 
very concerned with the 
transformation of living aliens into 
dead aliens, as rapidly as possible. 
It’s also blinkin’ smart. 

and kill... 

“Coo,” I thought, “They’ve gone 
and done Midnight Resistance 
on the SNES, but with bigger 
sprites.” And I was right, at 
least until I finished the 
first level. Then I thought 
“Bloomin’ heck, they’ve 
gone and done Assault on 
the SNES, but you don’t get 
a tank!” And I was right again. 
Basically Super Probotector is a 
sort of run-across-the-screen- 
climb-around-on-girders-top-down- 
spin-around-climb-up-the-screen- 
jump-on-platforms-shooting- 
everything game, and includes 
ride-along-on-a-bike-shooting- 
everything and hang-from-missiles- 
shooting-everything bits. 









































snES review 


Do not buy this game if 
you are the kind of person 
who is violently opposed 
to violence and organises 
demonstrations about the 
treatment of xenomorphic 
lifeforms in Aliens. You 
won’t like it. 


cluster 

Fires bursts of three rockets that all 
detonate at the same point, leading to a 
huge explosion. Very powerful, very big, 


laser 

A laser. (I got that already. Ed.) Okay, a 
monstrously large laser firing pulsed 
beams that burn right through lesser alien 
scum and badly damage basts. The only 
drawbacks are its low firing rate and the 
need for accuracy (never any fun.) 


OUERRLL 92 


flame 

Very useful because it isn’t limited to the 
normal 8 directions of fire, is pretty damn 
damaging, and best of all, the flames 


sections. Thus it 
doesn’t fall into the ‘it’s 
bloomin’ good but it’s 
all the same’ trap 
that is the nemesis 
of most shoot ’em 
ups (including 
Nemesis.) But it doesn’t 
fall into the ‘it’s bloomin’ 
varied but it doesn’t really fit 
together’ trap either, as it manages 
to maintain a feeling of continuity 
throughout. In fact, it’s a bit bloody 
clever, really. 

And that’s not all. There must be 
over a hundred frames of animation 
on the main player sprites alone, 
loads of aliens, superb backdrops, 
and the best non-gratuitous use of 
mode 7 I’ve seen. The sound 
effects are great, and just for once 
here’s a game where the backing 
music is set at the right volume, 
audible but not distracting from the 
serious business of mass slaughter. 

With all this technical excellence 
I’d normally expect an unplayable 
game. But Super Probotector is far 
too playable for my job security to 
stand up to it. I’d buy a game that 
was just a long 
version of Super 
Probotector’s 
second level! It 
definitely gets 
better the more 
you play it, 
but as it starts 
off being so 
good that’s not 
actually a problem, is 
it? (No. Ed.) H 


nukes and stuff 


A Probotector can also pick up shields, 
which render him more immune to harm 
than Lord Paul’s bank account, and 




Tactics, no. 2: Spend hours reaching the end of level 6. Find this. Panic. 


N o shoot ’em up is 
complete without 
monstrous mean and 
nasty end-of-level basts. Super 
Probotector, however, goes a 
bit crazy with them. Not only 
are there end-of-level 
monsters, there are also the 
less common mid-level 
meanies, and often some just- 
hanging-around-here-at-the- 
moment-’cos-we-liked-the- 
view-but-as-you’ve-arrived-we- 
might-as-well-rip-your-face-off 
nasties. All of whom have 
different methods of relieving 
you from the burden of your 
life, and all of whom require 
different techniques to beat... 


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Playability 




spread 


homing 


Imagine a carrier pigeon that has a rocket 
strapped to its back, a bomb tied to its 
head, and thinks it lives on the nearest 
enemy. Then imagine you have a (really) 
big gun that fires hundreds of them a 
second. Smart, eh? 


As in ‘lots of bullets across the screen,’ 
not ‘Dairylea on your toast.’ Spread is 
satisfyingly large, with big red bullets, 
and you don’t have to worry about 
accuracy too much. Which is good, ’cos 
accuracy is never any fun. 




but very slow firing as the first explosion 
has to end before a new volley can be 
launched. 


wash over and through intervening 
obstacles, allowing you to fry the vital 
parts that other guns cannot reach. 


nukes, which explode quite convincingly, 
making a fair job of irradiating everything 
on the screen (except you.) 



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The Game Boy version retain the pace and 
game play of the console versions except that it 
is one player only. The scanner allows you to 
view the position of other players on the pitch 
at any time during the game. You can glue 
KICK OFF to the Game Boy and forget about 
other cartridges (CVG Review) 


Sheer pace of the game, fluid movement of the players in end to 
end action, leaves you breathless. The opponents play a mean 
game of basketball, frequently changing tactics. Outwit him to 
score a spectacular Slam Dunk. Packed with options - Practice, 
Skills, Free Throws, Cup Competition, Game Speeds, Skill Levels 
and many many more. TIP OFF is great fun, giving you a tougher 
game as your skill and speed improve. 




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The struggle against the evil awaiting you is 
gigantic. The fire power at your disposal is 
mega but the price of failure is total 
annihilation. 

Battle through the five worlds of darkness 
against awesome monsters, explore hidden 
rooms but keep half an eye open for the 
unexpected. The world of Turrican is very 
dangerous but exciting. 


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Played at a blistering pace and packed with 
options to give a variety of game play. 
Instinctive joypad controls to dribble, pass, 
shoot, head and chip the ball and slide tackle 
the opponent. Packed with features like Red 
and Yellow cards, free kicks, corners, set piece 
free kicks, penalty shoot out, league and cup 
competitions, Kick Off provides months of 
pleasure. 


Command your Cobra space craft on a fantastic 
voyage of discovery and adventure. Explore 
eight galaxies and thousands of worlds. Fight 
pirates, bounty hunters, smugglers and 
invading aliens. Try smuggling or even piracy. 
Buy extra weaponry and equipment for your 
ship until you have the toughest ship around 
and improve your combat rating as one of the 
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weeping option it would be almost as good. As it is, it’s pretty 
playable, pretty tough, just not as good as it might have been. IS 


One of Foreman’s big disadvantages is 
having a bigger head than his opponents. 


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Bald, fat and not as 
tough as they used 
to be - George 

__ __ _ _ Foreman and Lord 
LI I ly Paul have an 
LP U I alarming amount in 
common. They met 
on the Game Boy and there was 
barely room to move. 


By cunningly hiding his paunch Foreman almost looks impressive. 


Ah, well, that’s what happens when you get old: The speed goes. 


MAIN - 


EVENT 


FOREMAN 


VS. 


COLL NS 


I t’s hell trying to be ideologically sound. I only buy my meat 
from Gangrene Graham’s Antique Meat Mart so I can be sure 
it’s truly green, and spent hours trying to fit a catalytic 
convertor to my bike. Yet one thing threatens my 
membership of the Clean, Lean and Green Society: 
Heavyweight Boxing. I should loathe and despise it as 
senseless violence. Lots of fat men knocking each other about 
in a ring for no very good reason (though $4 million for less 
than an hours work sounds like a pretty good reason to me). 
Instead I think it’s fab. Ali, Frazier, Tyson et al. Great boxers, 
great bouts. 

All of which is an around the houses way of saying that 
though I adopted a pose of “Oh God not a boxing game” in the 
office, I was quite keen to get my ugly little mits on George 
Foreman’s KO Boxing. (Nice snappy name that, I doubled my 
phone bill just reading it out to Jackie.) And stuff your gloves 
with horse shoes and punch me in the kidneys (oh go on) it’s 
not at all bad . Not exactly smart but certainly tidy enough to 
take ’round to Great Aunt Flo’s for Sunday Afternoon tea. 

Bouts are fought over three rounds, the winner is the first 
player to drop his opponent to the canvas three times in a 
round or four times over the whole bout. Failing that you can 
win on points (You never know what your points are but at the 
end of each round you see the number of punches you threw, 
the number landed and the percentage success rate.) Success 
means going on to the next opponent, defeat and you go back 
to the previous one. 

That’s what it’s about. Now what’s it like? Since I’m in a bad 
mood let’s kick off (punch off?) with the bad news first. 

rocky (marciano) 

The thing that really puts you off George Foreman at first 
glance is that you’re on the ropes. All the time. You can move 
left or right but not back or forward, so there’s no chance for 
that fancy footwork for which I’m not at all famous. To make 
matters worse, your opponent can step back a bit, to catch his 
breath. It’s not fair I tell you and I’m going home now. 

Another problem (See, I didn’t go home. I’m dead 
professional me.) is the range of punches open to you. It’s all 
very well being able to smack your opponent round the head 
for three rounds but what about the odd body blow or better 
still the quick jab below the belt while the ref’s looking at the 
brunette in row 3C? 


ali be praised 


On the good side the game is well drawn, pretty well animated 
and above all quite playable. Each of the 9 opponents has a 
different style of boxing and you have to adapt to it. The first 
time I picked the game I went in, fists 
flailing and was knocked out in 
seconds. There’s more to this 
game than just punching. There \ 

are special super punches to be ^ 

won by good fighting L A a 

combinations. (That’s a good m , ^ I 

mix of hooks and jabs not rather 
yellowing cotton underwear WjL 

worn by grandads the world over.) 

You’ve got to get the habit of 

hanging back, weaving and blocking 

then choosing the perfect moment to hit out. 

George Foreman’s KO has a lot of the feel of WWF about it, 
which I really enjoyed. If only there was more movement 
around the ring, a greater range of punches and a run-away- 


quite a knockout, 
: it wins on points. 


KAY 


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Publisher: Acclaim 


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the last refuge of the incompetent. 
(Eh? Ed) Um, which basically in!the 
case of Lemmings means that if 
you indulge in mass slaughter, 
you’ll satisfy your bloodlust alright, 
but you’ll also end up losing the 
game in a matter of seconds too. 

’Cos play it properly you see, and 
Lemmings turns out to be a clever 
sort of save ’em up rather than a 
vicious version of an annihilate ’em 
up. Your real aim is to guide a 
certain number of said lemmings 
from an entrance trapdoor through 
which they all tumble, to an exit 
door which will take them through 
to the next level. 

All sounds a bit easy and passive 
so far don’t you think? But bear in 
mind; a) you only have a certain 
amount of time on each level to 
guide the lemmings from start to 
finish and b) the nature of the 
lemming is to walk blindly on, 
regardless of all immovable 
obstacles or bottomless pits. 

So your real task is also to 
prevent all your lemmings from 
either getting stuck between two 
pillars or self destructing by 
walking straight into a gaping 
chasm. To do this you’re going to 
have to bestow a chosen few with 
bashing, blocking, bridging, floating 
or mining powers. Then use these 
well-endowed lemmings to bash 
tunnels through pillars or build 
bridges over chasms, and so lead 
the rest of their troop through to the 
exit of the next level. 


“A NES game featuring the opportunity 
to indulge in a bit of mindless mass 
destruction?” said the usually even- 
tempered Jackie Ryan. “Outa my way 
suckers. It’s mine.” We didn’t argue. 


There’s more than one way to save a lemming - limestone bashing is only one. 


T here comes a time in every 
woman’s life when she gets 
fed up of reviewing cutesy- 
wutesy, cuddly-wuddly 
platform games. A time when she 
longs to stop hopping, skipping 
and jumping her way to the end of 
every level. A time when all she 
really wants to do is grab her 
joypad by the scruff of the lead and 
take part in a small and frenzied 
orgy of mayhem and mass 
destruction - before returning to 
more mundane tasks like 
lumberjacking and lion taming. And 
now, with the appearance of 
Ocean’s excellent Lemmings on the 
NES, she can - um, sort of. 

Y’see in Lemmings, the 
opportunities of indulging in group 


suicide and mass destruction are 
absolutely endless. At every turn 
you can send a bunch of between 
twenty and fifty small, unattractive 
vole-like creatures, with a penchant 
for suicide, (ie lemmings) plunging 
to their deaths - by doing 
absolutely nothing at all. 
Alternatively you can bestow a 
chosen few of these self-same 
creatures with strange and violent 
powers such as ‘bashing’ or 
‘blocking’ and then send them on a 
riotous path of rampage through 
pillars and blocks. You can even 
select a ‘nuke’ option and 
annihilate the lot of them in a 
matter of five seconds. 

The thing is, as my old Great 
Aunt Emma used to say, violence is 


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ant to change all 
those dumb animals 
spilling out of that 
trapdoor into slightly less 
dumb and more manic and 
frenzied creatures? Then 
utilise the icon option. S’easy. 


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Of the lemming rather than 
horticultural kind. Still as 
sticky though and just as able 
to climb any structure. 


These alternative parachutists 
can survive a drop of any 
height by parasoling gently to 
the ground. 


Blow up a lemming today - 
it’ll make you feel a whole 
heap better. But make sure 
it’s outlived its usefulness 
first of course. 


“But how do I bestow such useless 
creatures with such brilliant and 
jolly well hard powers?” I hear you 
cry. By using the icons at the 
bottom of the screen, that’s how. 

At the bottom of each play 
screen are a number of icons which 
represent some occasionally 
constructive, occasionally 
destructive, lemming skills. By 
highlighting one of these and then 
clicking on one or more of the 
lemmings marauding blindly across 
the screen, you can stop them in 
their tracks and turn these usually 
useless creatures into suddenly 
skilled bridge builders, miners, 
even parachutists. All very useful if 
you want to build a bridge across a 
gaping chasm, or allow some of 
your troop to float to safety as they 
march off the end of a cliff. But not 
so useful when you realise you only 
have a certain number of lemming 


skills available to you in each 
level. And that three parachutists 
aren’t really going to be much 
good when you need to get at 
least ten down that cliff face. 

Maybe you should try the odd 
burrower or perhaps a miner 
instead eh? The choice is yours. 

And that of course is the 
beauty of this game - puzzling a 
path for your lemmings is up to 
you. There’s often more than one 
way to complete each level. And 
as you can spend your time trying 
to find it accompanied by a number 
of jaunty tunes and neat graphics, 
you’ll be coming back to this 
addictive and challenging cart time 
and time again. 

There are a couple of little 
niggles of course. The graphics are 
nice, but they do suffer a mite from 
sprite flicker. And not only that, but 
the lemmings themselves are also a 



No floaters - only diggers. Yaaaargh! 



bit small - so if you get hundreds of 
them trapped between two pillars, 
it’s often difficult to see which ones 
you actually activate when in skill 
bestowing mode. Tch. 

Still, such gripes are hardly 
enough to detract from the game 
as a whole, which is probably one 
of the best, most original and 
addictive puzzle games I’ve ever 
seen on the NES. 

And let’s not forget the best bit of 
all of course - all that pulsating 
latent violence throbbing just below 
the surface. Excuse me a moment. I 
feel a ‘nuke’ attack coming on. [j| 



are two ways to play Lemmings , 




Sound 


Addictiveness 


Blockers are pretty bolshy 
characters on the whole. Once 
they’ve taken up position, 
nothing but a neutron bomb 
will move them. 


Isambard Kingdom Brunei had 
nothing on these guys - they 
can build a bridge-like 
structure with no supporting 
arches at the drop a hat. 


With their fists of iron these 
lemmings can bash their way 
through any solid structure. 

KEHE 

These picky little varmints will 
mine their way diagonally 
down through any layer of 
bedrock strata. 


...the cutesy wutesy, nicey wicey, let’s save all the dumb 
animals by getting them to build bridges and burrows way 


...or the violent, frenzied, lets indulge in incidences of 
group suicide and mass getting-them-to-plunge-to-their- 
deaths way. 


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Dig the new breed, ’cos 
there’s no messing with these 
characters. They’ll tunnel 
straight down the middle of 
any mound. 


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Brilliant puzzle game 
suitable for pascifists and 
psychopaths alike! 


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Rock and Crystal castle married in the ’60s and had 
two hippy children, cloud and plant 


“Castle Mania?” shouted 
Patrick ‘el stupido’ r*-* 

McCarthy , “What’s this 
then? A Roy Castle- 
based adventure making 


funny noises out of a 


kettle? Really fast tap-dancing 


A quick slap soon shut him up 


They’ll never get these twiglets into the box.. 


oor old Count 
Dracula. There he 
is quietly going 
about his 

business, supping on 
the blood of virgins and 
having really good all- 
night parties, not really 
harming anyone. Except 
the virgins, and they can always wear an 
artfully-draped scarf until the puncture 
marks have gone - and come to think of it, 
most of them were probably asking for it 
anyway, dressed like that. (You’ll have to 
excuse him. his father’s a High Court judge. 
Ed.) So what happens? His nobby, small¬ 
time, probably Noel Edmonds-loving little 
next-door neighbours are always sticking 
their noses into his affairs, creeping into his 
house while he’s asleep and hammering 
large pieces of garden fence into his chest. 


this looks like a job 
for Boutros 
Boutros Ghali 


It’s victimisation, pure and simple, isn’t it? 
Based purely on religious intolerance. Why 
vampires can’t be left to pursue their own 
form of worship like anybody else is beyond 
me. And it’s not as if it’s just an isolated 
incident - they’re always doing it. If it’s not 
one Belmont, it’s another; in this case it’s 
Chrissie Boy, who judging from his 
appearance on the cover is heavily into 
‘dressing up,’ as well as having the family 
habit of flagellating all about him at the drop 
of a hat. The Count really ought to see about 
getting some kind of relief from a United 
Nations peace-keeping force. This kind of 
constant bombardment is unacceptable in a 
peaceful society. After all, the undead are 
people too. 

Alright, so the Count did gatecrash the 
birthday party of Soleiyu Belmont (crazy 
name - crazy guy) and turn him into an evil 
demon, but hey - they still haven’t returned 
the lawnmower they borrowed in 1879. How 
else is a guy supposed to make his point to 
an inconsiderate neighbour? 


a transylvanian’s 
home is his castle 


There are four castles to fight your way 
through - and pretty convoluted affairs they 
are too. Whoever designed them must have 


had an epileptic fit at the drawing-board 
stage. You can take them in any order, and 
once you’ve completed them all by 
defeating the end-of-level wazzocks in 
each, it’s off to the big castle in the middle 
of the lake that’s the Count’s new home to 
take on...the Count himself. (Duh-der 
derrrrrr!) Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? 


flogging a dead 
horse? 


Castlevania II, like every other Castlevania 
title, is a flip-screen multi-level platform 
game. It isn’t a new idea - in fact, it’s an 
idea as old as the Count himself - without 
the benefit of looking like Ray Reardon into 
the bargain. (Is that sentence strictly 
logical? I don’t think so. Ed.) Oh, leave me 
alone, I’m tired. Like all the Castlevania 
games, what it does it does pretty well 
without being stunningly innovative. The 
castles all look more or less the same, but 
then it’s hard to do too much graphically 
with a Game Boy. About the only innovation 
in this is the screen going dark when certain 
monsters start coming towards you, leaving 
you free to fall to 
your death down 
gaps if you’ve 
half a mind to. Of 
course, if you 
have a whole 
mind, you wait 
until you can see 
what you’re doing 
before running 
about the place. 

Anyway, it’s 
nicely judged in 
terms of difficulty, 
you won’t finish it 
in a hurry and 
even though the 
music’s a bit 
overly-strident in 
places, the whip 
noise more than 
makes up for 
that. (Dribble 
dribble). In a 
word, pretty 
good. (That’s two 
words actually. 

Ed.) Alright, 

Mr Picky Pick 
Pick Pick. 


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One thing you have to get used to 
in this game is rope-climbing. 
(What’s that got to do with tying 
people up? Ed.) Well...er, you use 
ropes to tie people up. (You do, 
you mean. Ed.) Look, let me get 
on with this will you? The last 
time I saw this many ropes we 
were playing cowboys and 
indians at school and having a 
mass hanging of spacehopper 
rustlers. There’s a special control 
to enable you to climb down 
ropes quickly, but unfortunately 
not to climb up them quickly. 

He’s obviously a bit of a wimp 
behind the big whip and the 
macho pose, old Belmont. 



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Ropes, ropes, ropes - whatever happened 
to good old-fashioned elevators? 



Belmont admires Mr Dracula’s collection 
of giant pencils 



There are many types of baddie in 
Castlevania II, but one of them 
stands out above all others as a 
masterpiece of the horrific. This 

I ground-breaking bast of a 
monster is the one and only 
Punaguchi. He looks very much 
like somebody’s hand stuffed into 
a screwed-up sock with a set of 
false teeth in the middle. Actually, 
though, he’s a bit of a lad, 
hanging about round creepy 
castles with the rest of the 
monsters and generally getting in 
your way. Strangely though, 
Punaguchi is Japanese for 
“screwed-up sock with a pair' of 
false teeth in the middle.” 



Aieee! Fast-moving Japanese import 
monster from hell! 



Round 


’em up, move ’em out 


head ’em out, move ’em in. 


Graphics 


Sound 


Addictiveness 


Playability 


Out: November Price: £24.99 
Publisher: Konami 


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Yer man Belmont is a bit of an S&M freak, 
actually - the kind of chap who started off 
at school by flicking rolled-up wet towels 
at his chums’ tads in the shower, 
graduated to flogging his dog with a bit of 
old nylon washing-line and went from 
there to his current maniacal state, where 
anyone who so much as fails to laugh at 
his jokes gets the full-blown rawhide lash 
across the eyes. 

In this game he owns what’s known in 
the trade as a Saturday Night Special - 
without any power-ups it’s a standard, 
fairly weedy whip; it’ll give you a bit of a 
Chinese burn but not much else, and it 
takes quite a few hits to remove the 
baddies from your path. Get a power-up, 
however, and it turns into a longer, far 
more effective version, with what looks 
strangely like a small hedgehog on the 
end of it. Add another power-up and - 
presto hey! the whip also fires missiles 
out the end (presumably hedgehog 
dobbies) which can take out baddies right 
over the far side of the screen. (Which 
admittedly isn’t that far on a Game Boy, 
but we’re talking scale here). Incidentally, 
if anyone’s interested, I understand from 
speaking with our aristocratic editor that 
this latter version is available from Skin 
Two’s mail order department at a very 
reasonable price. (Cough. Splutter. Ed.) 
Other power-ups arm you with throwing 
axes and holy water. That should settle 
those monsters’ hash. Phew. 


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Web slinging. 
Crime busting. 
Tower climbing. 
Baddie crushing. 
Tight wearing. 
Spider tingling. 
Jeremy Daldry. 
(Maybe not. Ed.) 


O bviously Spider-Man was created on an off 
day. I mean, Superman speaks for himself, 
Batman is okay ’cos bats are big and 
black, but spiders! You find them stuck in 
your bath or you stand on them, they’re not 
exactly the thing of super heroism. Now 
Sharkman, or Gunman or even Big-sharp-pointy- 
stick-man, that’s a real hero’s name. 

oh-no my spider 
sense is tingling 
like crazy 

Platform games, platform games everywhere 
but not a drop to drink. As the old saying goes. 
You have to laugh don’t you? Yet another 
platform game that involves lots of jumping 
around, killing some things and collecting others. 
Fair tickles me. But is the fact that Spider-man is 
the same as virtually every other game ever on 


Lord Paul first thing in the morning? 


why is spider-man a 
real let down? 

Deep in the wilds of the Hindu Kush, in a 
neolithic cave, there has been found, daubed in 
a paint made up of yak manure, by some 
primitive hand the words, ‘Why, oh why do 
software houses make games so jolly easy to 
finish?’ A question that has long vexed thinkers 


the NES a reason not to 
buy it, play it, love it 
dearly and one day 
settle down in the home 
counties with it, have 
two children (Tarquin 
and Elizabeth), retire 
and grow old with it? Of 
course not, for lo, has it 
not been written that it 
is not the originality of 
the game that counts, 
but more the way the 
game has been put 
together? So... 


a web of 
intrigue 

Is Spider-Man a good 
game? Well yes and no 
really. It tends to suffer 
from all the usual NES 
ailments. It’s really 
rather easy, the control 
system sucks eggs 
(kicking when you want to punch, jumping when 
you want to kick) and sometimes the graphics 
are a bit confused. So there you have the no bit, 
what about the yes bit? Ermm, well the graphics 
are really rather good for the NES, loadsa bright 
colours that reflect the comic book nature of 
Spider-man himself. The animation is smooth 
and varied with neither sight nor sound of the 
demon sprite flicker here. (What does sprite 
flicker sound like? Ed.) Kinda of like, 
brmmmennnnkeerrlunk. (Oh. Ed.) And there are 
even some nice inter-level screens that add that 
all important sense of mood and atmosphere. 
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badder 
than bad 




he Sinister Six? A 
more unpleasant 
group of people you 
could not wish to meet. All 
of them smell, hang around 
the local school gates and 
can recite the first verse of 
the Birdie Song off the cuff. 
Very sinister. At no great 
risk Game Zone present our 
very own rogues gallery. 


pidey can pull off some of the most amazing moves 
yet seen on the NES. He is not called Spider 
‘OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOnibble pants’ Man for 
nothing. Oh no. Here are some of his more funky moves... 


The standard Spidey move. 
This allows really very high 
jumping, pulling off a little 
twirly bit in the middle. 

The best way of jumping 
over bad guys. 


A human plug whose 
special powers come from 
pluging one finger into the 
mains and the other on his 
victim. (Remember kids 
don’t try this at home.) 
Despite this he’s a bit of a 
push over. 


Spidey wouldn’t be Spidey 
with out his web slinging 
ability. This allows him to 
swing from virtual any 
surface, and, after some 
practice cover large areas 
by swinging on the move. 


A human sand pit with the 
annoying ability to melt 
away into the floor. One 
way to defeat him, that 
Spidey seems to have 
missed, is by dropping 
some cement and a bucket 
of water on his head. 


Yet another crafty way of 
avoiding bad guys. Simply 
crawling up a wall and 
going over their heads. 
Really thinking about it, 
Spidey’s a bit of a 
cowardly hero, ain’t he? 


Even easier then the 
pathetic Electro, this 
magical baddie has taken 
to wearing a fishbowl on 
his head. Very easy to 
dispose of as he’s both 
slow and stupid. 


Every now and again 
Spider-man can pick up a 
little white thing, this 
allows him to shoot 
webbing out of his hand. 
And if this white thing hits 
a bad guy, the bad guy will 
fall apart. 


Yet another pee easy bast 
that can be taken out with 
the minimum of fuss, once 
you’ve worked out the 
pattern he flies in. 
However it takes an 
awfully long time. 
(Yawnsville.) 



Bit of a bast, this guy. But 
even then once you’ve 
worked out where he jumps 
you can nail him really 
easily. He throws what 
looks like stale Pizzas at 
you. Maybe he once had a 
summer job in Pizza Hut? 



The final bast, who lets his 
fingers do the walking. Or 
more precisely his arms. 
Slightly harder than the 
others, but not much. In 
fact he’s about as hard as 
butter that’s been left out 
in the sun for hours. 


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and theologians throughout history. And now the 
Game Zone anthropological department can 
exclusively announce that... We don’t know. 
However it’s bloomin’ annoying when they do. 
Spider-Man is very easy to finish. It’s one of 
those games where everything follows patterns, 
the baddies work in patterns, the basts fire and 
move in pattens and once you’ve cracked the 
pattern it’s so very easy. So despite the nice 
graphics, sounds and inter-level touches you’re 
left in a situation where if you crack the pattern, 
you’ve cracked the game. [J 



f verdict 1 

Okay, fine, average, 
alright, intermediate, 
workaday, fair to 
middling. Not so much 
a beat ’em, as a 
L avoid ’em up. A 
Ho humm. 


He stands, alone and proud against the 
skyline. (Cor, dramatic stuff. Ed.) 


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Monopoly. 
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h, those rainy Sundays 
indoors around the Monopoly 
board. Arguing over who’d be 
the boot and why Aunt Hilda 


refused to be the iron. 


lively before that. You might think 
that transferring the Monopoly 
board and all its little complexities 
to the Game Boy would be an 
impossible task. But then so is 
transferring metal-bending energy 
to a nation’s cutlery, yet Uri Geller 
managed it. That’s genius for you. 

And there’s genius at work here. 
Monopoly simply couldn’t have 
been better programmed. It’s so 
well done, you don’t even have to 
read the rule book (always a 
healthy sign). If I might use a little 
tedious computer jargon (If you 
must. Ed.), the Game Boy version is 
so user-friendly, it pretends it’s your 
friend at large gatherings, it puts up 
with your cravings for 


Fighting over who 
should be the 
banker, thus 
having easiest 
access to 
stealing piles of 
cash. Catching 
someone else stealing 


Super, smashing, good 
answer (even though it’s 
wrong), etc. 


Nanette Newman, and 
it almost verges on 
the sycophantic. 
The graphics are 
incredible. The 
board itself is 
huggable, there’s a 
menu and an 


against each other on one machine, 
via a Game-link, or against one of 
eight computer opponents, each 
with different characteristics. There 
are eight preset games available, 
which start you off with different 
properties and wallet sizes 
I played against Gertrude in 
Trader’s Delight’ and she offered 
$0 for my Baltic Avenue. Had that 
been Canary Wharf or any UK 
residential property in the present 
economic climate, I might have 
accepted; as it was, I laughed 
loudly at the name Gertrude and 
ate the last of the Twiglets with an 
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piles of cash, being 
hypocritically indignant then 
throwing the board at them. 
Retrieving hotels from the dog’s 
lower intestine... And Aunt Hilda 
always used to win. She had this 
nervous twitch, and whenever she 
passed Go, she used to wink 
violently. I always used to think that 
she was trying it on, even though 
she was 76. Dear old Aunt Hilda 
she’s dead now, but she was really 


instruction for everything, yet 
the screen never looks cluttered, 
and there are loads of cute little 
touches, like the Whitehouse 
appearing on-screen and eating 
your cash when you have to pay 
taxes. The only catch is that this - 
as the astute among you will have 
guessed, given the Whitehouse bit 
- is the American version, so their 
rail system is far more reliable but it 
doesn’t supply llamas. You can play 


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‘I know some 
great places 
to find Action 
In Newt York,’ 
said Jeremy 
Daldry, 
‘there’s 
Madam Za- 
Za’s Female 
Mud Wrestling Emporium 
on 4th and Main, and then 
there’s the bare knuckle 
fighting down by the 
docks, and...’ 

‘Enough.’ Said Paul. 


Level 1 



I t has been said that while the NES is awash 
with platform games and even the occasional 
racing game, what it really needs is a half way 
decent shoot ’em up. Hell, I’d settle for a one 
quarter way decent shoot ’em up. 

two-eighths 

Is Action in New York that game, the game that 
will quench the thirst of frustrated NES shoot 
’em up addicts everywhere, at last 
allowing them to wallow in the 
seventh heaven of the end of level 
bast, the power up and the dodgy 
scenario? Well yes, but not for very 
long. You see Action in New York has 
many plus points: 

• It’s fast. In fact considering the NES 
you could say it was very fast, 
especially the vertically scrolling 
Astrotube section where you zip along 
e a Cheetah on steroids. 

• No flicker. Well, not much considering it 
bombs along at a fair old rate of knots. 

• There’s a two player option. Yes you can play 
two players, at the same time, on the same 
screen. No really, you can. 

(I sense a very large ‘but’ looming in the not 
too distant future. Ed.) 

but... 

(Told you so. Ed.) 

• It’s either very easy or very hard. In one player 
mode it’s really quite difficult, mainly cos you 
only have one life, once your six energy pips are 
gone it’s back to the beginning of that level. And 
also because things shoot you and you die. 

(How very unfair. Ed.) However in two player 
mode it’s a lot easier ’cos although you still only 
get one life, there are two of you which means 
you are half as likely to get shoot. They don’t call 
me Brain Box for nothing. (We don’t at all. Ed.) 




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fish spatula for hitting them over the head with. No, it’s not, I 
was only joshing. You have twin firing satellites that, erm... 
satellite around you. The clever thing is that you can alter the 
position of these satellites by hitting the A button. Once to 
start them orbiting and once to lock them off. Or if you wish, 
set them constantly moving in a berserker combat mode. 




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Not some bizarre new form of public 
transport but the linking deep space ‘road’ 
between New York and the alien ship, or 
some such rubbish. Again a very big laser 
thing at the end of the level. Easy enough to 
avoid and blow away. 


IP- . TJ 


Loads of lasers, blasts and some rather 
annoying homing missile generators make 
this level a little tougher. But not much. A 
final show down with a very large laser and 
you’re on to the next level. Simple as getting 
back on the log. 


It’s time to confront the very worst, darkest 
nightmare you’ve ever had. It’s the final final 
bast. Is he tough, is he bathed in the blood 
of his fallen foes? Well yeah, but get to know 
him and he’s just a big pussy cat. 



oh no ift the attack of 
the hitler daft plot lines 

I t’s the 21st Century, and humanity faces 
it’s most dire threat (for all of a week.) 
An alien horde has launched a full scale 
invasion on the Earth. (They heard about the 
multi-buy offer at the Pontifract Post Office.) 

The last hope for mankind comes from 
S.C.A.T. the Special Cybernetic Attack 
Team. (All two of them.) 


Together they may have the power to 
(punch their way out of a paper bag) defend 
the earth. They are our last hope. 



And when you take into account the unlimited 
continues you should whisk through the levels. 

So it could be said that in one player mode 
Action in New York, ‘is a unique and challenging 
game playing experience,’ while in two player 
mode, ‘it’s as easy as falling off a lightly greased 
log in a stiff wind wearing high heels.’ 

three ninths 

‘What about the graphics and sound?’ I hear you 
cry. Well, the graphics are, as we have already 
mentioned, really rather good, and so is the 
sound. Impressive sound effects that, coupled 
with digitised speech, make for an overall aural 
package that I’m sure I shouldn’t be as 
impressed by as I am. But I am, and that’s that. 
All in all, I’d have to say that Action in New York 
is a very fine shoot ’em up, one of the best I’ve 
seen on the NES, but after all is said and done, a 
shoot ’em up, be it easy or hard, is little more 
than an exercise for the trigger finger muscle. If 
you want something more then maybe Action in 
New York ain’t for you. H 



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O ne of Action in New York's saving graces 
is that the two player mode is really rather 
playable. And, if truth be told, if you want 
to get anywhere in the game you probably have to 
press-gang a friend (or if you’re socially 
inadequate, a total stranger) into playing with you. 
Then you have the joy of choosing which character 
you want. 


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every time the word 
anchovy being mentioned, 
her going on a psychopathic killing frenzy. She is 
now banned from every Pizza Hut restaurant 
following an unfortunate incident with a Deep Pan 
sea food special, a diet coke and a portable 
napalm flame thrower. 

- anything involving Pickfords. 


At last, a halfway decent 
NES shoot ’em up. Loadsa 
trigger finger action j 
all round. 


Graphics 


Sound 


One time florist and ice 

E dance champion, Arnold 
was a personal friend of 
Christopher Dean until, 
following a reasonable 
fourth place in the 
Sunderland and District Ice 
Dance and Projectile 
Vomiting Competition, they 
had an artistic falling out. After plying his trade as 
a particularly unsuccessful ‘exotic dancer’, Arnold 
joined the S.C.A.T. cyber re-hab program as a last 
resort. His ambitions now include helping old 
people, bringing peace to the world and attending 
at least one good Norwegian seal pup cull before 
he dies. 

- that particularly twisty bit in 
the middle of the Bolero. 


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use the drips and drops 





water drop 

Creates a “devastating cascade 
of water” that washes away 
everything in its path. Even 
smug people who are good at 
swimming and have always 
laughed at their crap friends. 

fire drop 

Throws a “magic flame” to the 
ground. That’s the sort of 
irresponsible behaviour that 
starts forest fires and causes 
whole buildings to be destroyed 
on bonfire night. 


lightning drop 

Strangely enough, it shoots an 
enormous bolt of lightning that 
gives everyone a massive 
coronary - even those who 
aren’t waiting under trees 
(which puts paid to that old 
wives’ tale.) 


star drop 

Most frightening 
super weapon 
of all, it turns 
everyone on 
screen into a 
megastar - you 
know, Mike 
Smith, Sue 
Pollard, Noel 
Edmonds - that 
sort of thing. 




Oh dear. Yet another series of architecturally improbable platforms to jump on.. 


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big objects 


E very now and then, bigger objects 
will appear. These are known in the 
manual as Big Objects. (Crazy, but who 
knows what warped logic drives these 
sickos?) 


Sometimes appears after you’ve cleared a level, but 
only gains you a few measly bonus points if you 
collect it. It’s nothing to do with love or anything. 


This also appears after you’ve cleared a level, and 
reaps a slightly less measly amount of bonus points. 
It’s nothing to do with Robert Maxwell or anything. 


This gives you the temporary power to defeat 
monsters by touching them. It’s nothing to do with 
pacemakers or anything. 






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There are also some extra special 
objects, known as Miracle Icons. 
Collect three of these and a 
miracle will occur. The world will 
be plunged into lasting peace, 
mankind will finally be cured of 
its venal, acquisitive drive, and 
the mess in your bedroom will be 
tidied. Well, maybe not the mess. 


Gravity? Ha! This guy doesn’t lower himself 
i to consider anything so mundane... 


ith umbrellas 


1. Catch drops on them and shoot them at monsters. 

2. Catch monsters on them and shoot them at other monsters. 

3. Catch drops on them, (yawn) save them into megadrops..and ...Zzzzz 

pettier 11101*6 interesting tilings to cio with umbrellas 

1. Put hypodermics on the end of them and stab them into the calves of defectors. 

2. Balance pianos on top of them and trick people into thinking you’re the revolving stage at 
the London Palladium. 

3. Jump off the roof of your house while holding one, and float gently to the ground, saying 
“Look, Mummy, I’m flying.” 

4. Poke them up the end of your winkle and open them up. (That’s enough things to do with 
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GnmEBOY review 





Not that bad. But 
not that good 


P atrick McCarthy is heavily into 
dodgy practices with 
umbrellas and small defenceless 
mammals. That has nothing 
whatsoever to do with Parasol 
Stars , we just thought it was in the 
public interest to tell everyone. 


■ don’t really want to get onto the subject of 
I small people who think they’re cute again, but 
I when games like this keep turning up, I feel 
I that somebody has to take a stand, grit their 
teeth and face it full on. 

short people (a 
reprise) 

Let’s start with how obviously sad the 
heightically challenged are, calling themselves 
“petite” rather than “dwarfish,” (Haven't you 
done all this stuff before? Ed.) Well, yes, but 
nobody reads it anyway, do they? They just look 
at the score in the newsagent’s, put the mag 
back and walk out without buying anything. They 
make me sick, people like that. I bet they’re 
short. (Never mind that. Just tell us about the 
game. Ed.) Alright, alright, put that bat down.... 

what they laughingly 
call a plot 

You are a short fat kid with a big umbrella, and 
you look a lot like the short fat kid from Rainbow 
Islands. (That’s because this is the follow-up to 
Rainbow Islands. Ed.) Ah. Anyway, there you are, 
innocently going about your close-to-the-ground 
business, when lo! there did come unto the 
distance a warrior who wath exceeding mad, 
such that he wath known by his next-door 
neighbours as “That Mad Git.” His name wath 
Chaostikahn, and he didth unleash a slew of 
menacing monsters. (A slew? What’s a slew? Ed.) 
A-ha! I knew you were going to ask that. That’s 
why I’ve already prepared a little information on 
the subject. See my educational 
box-off, “all about slews.” 


Where was I? oh yes, 

He unleashed a slew, as I 
was saying, of menacing 
monsters throughout the 
universe for no apparent 
reason other than that he 
was, as I think I’ve 
already said, mad. Any 
sane person would only 
release a gaggle, or 
maybe a pride, of 
menacing monsters. 

Your mission (should 

you choose to accept it) is to take in hand thine 
magic parasol and beat the crap out of the 
menacing monsters to free the known universe 
(which as far as I can tell consists entirely of 
small screens with little platforms on it.) 

what I laughingly call 
a review 

Although everything more or less works as you’d 
expect, and it’s fairly playable, it just doesn’t get 
me going. Call it instinct, if you will. Always trust 
your instincts, my mother said to me, just before 
she entered that fateful buffalo-teasing 
competition. So I do. And every night I pray in 
front of her stuffed, but strangely flattened body. 

The sound is fairly standard for a Game Boy 
game - squeaks, boinks and farting noises with 
an irritatingly upbeat tune over-riding everything. 
You know the kind of thing - you’ve heard it a 
hundred times before. The graphics are on the 
functional rather than aesthetically-pleasing side. 
Not that functional objects can’t be beautiful, you 
understand. It’s just that this one isn’t. You can 
see what’s going on, and why, and I suppose 
that’s all you need. The playability’s... well, 
alright: You can point your umbrella all over the 
shop, and fire things about willy-nilly, but you 
can’t get the monsters if they’re below you, and 
that’s where they all come at you from if they get 
the chance. This is annoying, but nothing you 
can’t cope with (you hunk, you). However I can 
see it getting a bit boring and repetitive pretty 
quickly. In fact looking at all that stuff above, 

I can hear you saying to yourself, “Hmm... 
damned by faint praise, eh?” Absolutely, you 
clever old stick.® 


A slew is a small 
yellow droplet of 
pus that forms 




Hmm, a baddie generator cunningly disguised as a piano. Clever stuff. 


This guy’s just a walking advert for Legal & General... 


©no 


get a look at 


those monsters 


Frightening, aren’t they? I had 
to change my pants after I saw 
them for the first time. They 
seem to consist almost 
entirely of rogue cheese 
sandwiches. Aieee. Flee, save 
the children our Martha, etc. 


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I ’ll tell you why I was made to review Blues 
Brothers. I was made to review it because it 
isn’t very good, and no one else could be 
bothered. Well that’s what I reckon anyway. I 
was quite looking forward to it, ’cos the film’s 
brill and the computer 
version was pretty 
smart too, so why is 
the NES version not 
that good? Why do 
all your favourite T- 
shirts shrink in the 
wash, while that 
horrible sweater 
granny gave you 
stays exactly the 
same? Why do 
McDonalds put 
gerkins in their 
burgers when no one 
likes them? One of 
these questions will be answered in the course 
of this review. 

So the Blues Brothers is not very good. It’s 
not rubbish, but it’s not excellent. It’s just in the 
middle. Tell a lie actually, it’s a bit more pointing 
to the ‘not very good’ motif than the ‘rather 
excellent’ one. But that’s enough bantering, you 
wanna know about the game itself. The story 
goes something like this: 

Jake and Elwood have to get to their concert. 
Thrilling stuff eh? Just wait a second while I 
go and get myself a new pair of underpants, I 
can’t take excitment. I have to have a lie down 
after an episode of Antiques Roadshow. But I 
digress (You dirty beggar. Ed) you have to battle 
your way through various different levels, such 


headline 

H ere are some things a 
bit more frustrating 
than the Blues Brothers. 

© Challenge Anneka. 

© The music to Challenge 
Anneka. 

Q Stubbing your toe. 

O Snap getting to No.1 with 
‘Rhythm is a dancer ’ 

O Having to fish out the 
gerkins from a McDonalds 
burger. 


as the shopping mall, the prison and some big 
freezer place. Along the way are various 
meanies for you ‘to do battle with’ such as 
cops and green star things. But I use the word 
to ‘do battle with’ exteremely loosely. In fact 
the only reason I used it was so that I could get 
onto the fact that you can’t kill, injure, hit or do 
anything to anyone. So the only way you can 
dodge enemies is to either jump over their 
heads, or run away from them. That’s a tad 
crap really isn’t it? Not only that, it’s extremely 
annoying. There’s nothing that gets 

stuck helpless in a corner as a 
big guard comes over to hit 
you over the head with his ' » 

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anything about it. Well nothing 
except for ‘Marky Mark.’ And 
perhaps the Two Player mode. ? 

Ah yes, the two player mode. 

To call it that is a bit of joke. Not 
a kind of ‘ha ha’ joke, but more of 
a ‘Little and Large’ joke, (not very 
funny and intensely annoying.) This is 
probably because it’s not very funny and 
IS intensly annoying. When in two player 
mode you have to share the same 
screen. Now normaly in these kind of games, 
the screen won’t move until both the players 
are moving, but this game is an exception. 

Both players can move as freely as they want, 
except the screen won’t move with them. So 
one player goes running off, and the screen 
moves with him, while the other is suddenly 
not there, and can’t see what on earth he’s 
doing. This normally results in the other player 
getting killed. So you’ve got to stick together 
and as there are lots 
of holes and 
things to fall 

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you run and this 
one makes you 

jump. Got that? A bit of a Blue-mer. 

Jeremy: Yup, (Groan. Ed.) 

seems simple 

enough. But how 

come you can’t you kill 

anything? That’s a bit crap isn’t it? 

Daniel: Yeah, it sure is. Anyway lets get 
started. Ready? Right let’s go, I’m going to be 
Elwood and you can be the fat one. 

Jeremy: Erm, O.K. 

Daniel: Now watch this. (Elwood zooms off 
and the screen follows him.) 
Jeremy: Arghh! Where am I? 

¥ Stuff this for a game of toy 

soldiers I’ve just died and I can’t 
even see my character. 

Daniel: Look, keep up with me 

do, and manage to get halfway 
through the first level.) Now don’t 
fall down this hole, or we’re going to 
have to start the level from the 
beginning. 

Jeremy: What this hole? (Jeremy falls down 
the hole.) 

Daniel: You bast! We’re going to have to do 
the whole level all over again. Stitch this! 

(Daniel and Jeremy start to beat the crap out of 
each other.) 

See, told you two player mode was crap. But 
the game isn’t that bad really, in fact some of it 
is quite funky. Playability-wise if you take out 
the extremely large frustration factor it’s 
actually pretty smart. You learn from your 
mistakes and usually get a bit further each go. 
But on the longevity front, the game doesn’t 

I do as well. What I’m going to say won’t 
make any sense I’m afraid, but although 
the game’s quite hard, it’s really pretty 
easy. There told you it wouldn’t make 
much sense, but it’s true. The game is 
quite hard, but I managed to get to level 
4 after only about two hours of playing, 
and the game only has about six levels. 
Woriying isn’t it? The graphics are O.K., 
nothing special, the sound is pretty 
groovy as you’d expect, but tends to get 
on your nerves after a while. All in all this 
could be pretty good if it wasn’t so 
frustrating. Not even die hard fans of the 
3y film are going to enjoy it that much. g 


game I was telling a bit of a porky 
really because there is, but it’s 
not a very good one. Strategically 
placed throughout the game are 
some dogs. If you manage to get 
on their back you get carried 
across obstacles like spikes and 
if you bump into a baddy it kills 
him and the dog then just 
disappears. Just like that! (Spook) 
Unfortunately there are hardly 
any of these canine chums in the 
game, and when you jump on 
their back they give a worringly 
perverse grin. 


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review sues 




‘If I could have any car at all,’ said Jeremy 
Da I dry one afternoon, ‘it would be a huge 
red Cadillac, with massive fins.’ 

‘Really,’ said Paul, ‘that’s interesting. Did 
you know the bigger a car someone has, 
supposedly the smaller their, erm... 
gentlemen is?’ 

‘But then again, Mini’s also have a certain 
something, don’t you think?’ Asked Jeremy. 




brmm, brmm 


I op Gear allows a choice of four different cars. And it is a 
matter of personal taste as to which car you use. But, as with 
all things, some are more sporty than others. So to save you 
all that tedious messing about with testing this car against that car 
we at Game Zone felt it to be our public duty to outline each bourge- 
mobile’s strong and not so strong points. It’s the least we could do. 



The fastest of the quartet but also 
the most fuel hungry. Thanks to 


It is not advisable that you attempt 
to shave with this car. It will hurt. 




some clever jiggery pokery it also 
corners as if it were glued to the 
track, but this is off set by very, very 
slow acceleration. Despite it’s daft 
name it doesn’t eat other cars. 


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However, if you want max 
aerodynamics, the Razor is for you. 
Actually this is a bit of a duffer with 
low top speed, acceleration and 
handling ability. One to avoid. 


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Yet another daft name. I mean 
whose gonna drive a car named 
after a small hedgerow mammal? 
‘What do you drive?’ 

‘Oh, I’ve got a souped up Vole.’ 
Doesn’t really work does it? 
Neither does the Weasel. 


Now this is more like it. THE 
SIDEWINDER. I mean it sounds cool 
doesn’t it? And, fortunately, it’s the 
best of the lot. A low top speed is 
more than made up for by very high 
acceleration and superb fuel 
consumption. The best by miles. 



T here are certain things in life 
that are best not done on your 
own. Things that only reach 
their full potential when 
another person is, in some small 
way, involved. Football for example. 
Kicking a football around a park by 
yourself is about as much fun as a 
watching Fulham play at home. 
However add another person, or 
better still a whole team, and 
you’ve got the final of the FA Cup. 
Much the same could be said of 
Top Gear. Spend an afternoon 
kicking Top Gear around a park by 
your self and it’s as boring as... 

Hold on something’s not quite right 
here. Hang about for a second 
while I sort my metaphors out... 


publisher’s note 

We must apologise for the 
temporary loss of this review. In 
the meantime here’s a picture of 
a kitten. 



Sorry about that. I’ve actually 
worked out what I was trying to say. 
Remember the thing with the 
football? Well playing Top Gear in 
one player mode is a bit like the 
solitary football game. Boring and 
pointless^ But if you play Top Gear 
in two player mode then you’ve got 
a decent game on your hands. 

anti-lock 

brakes 

Such a rash statement you might 
think. Well not really. ’Cos even 
though the graphics and the 
animation are fine, loads of very 
fast horizontal and vertical scrolling 
and large main sprites, and the 
sound is okay, with an annoyingly 



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honk, honk 


T he screen is split into 
two, with player one on 
the top half and player 
two on the bottom. Both sets of 
dials, knobs and switches are 
duplicated for each player. Let’s 
start at the top right shall we? 
(Do we have to? Ed.) Yes we do. 
(Oh. Ed.) 


O The Tacometer as developed by 
Ford in the late 70’s. It shows 
the current R.P.M. (revolutions per 
minute.) Useful if you live in Bolivia. 
A digital speedo that owes a lot 
to the work of the Jaguar racing 
team. It shows how fast you’re going. 
The Racing Time which is, 
believe it or not, the actual race 
time elapsed. Crazy. 




Your fuel gauge which... er... 
gauges your fuel. 

Your rank indicator. Not as in 
Captain, General but as in 1st, 
2nd etc. 

© Which gear are you in? Jeans 
and T-shirts or something rather 
special from Armani. (Jeremy, allow 
me to introduce you to your P45. Ed) 
Sorry, it’s another boring 1st, 2nd 
etc. jobbie. (You can choose between 
automatic and manual transmission.) 

O Shows how many nitros you 
have left, you start with three. 

© The course layout. Bloomin’ 
useful since it shows your 
position, the position of the second 
player and the position of the lead 
car should it not be either of you. 


catchy main theme and cars that 
sound suitably car like, the game 
play in one player mode is just way 
too easy. You are set to race 
through eight countries, each 
country being made up of four 
races, which, as the mathematically 
gifted amongst you will realise is 32 
races. Add (or more accurately 
multiply) this by the three different 
skill levels and you’ve got 96 
different races. ‘Wow,’ you might 
think, but as I’ve already pointed 
out, in one player mode the whole 
thing is way too easy. On my first 
attempt it wasn’t until race 36 that 
I failed to come first, and that was 






















review sues 





'boy racer'? 



I n Top Gear some races are long. 
Some are short. In the longer 
ones you can run out of fuel. This 
is where tactics come in, since you 
must time when you go into the pits 
(do you risk another lap or nip in 
now?) and also how long you stay in 
there. You are refueled automatically 
and the longer you stay in the pits 
the more fuel you get. How much 
time can you afford to spend in the 
pits? How full a tank do you need to 
complete the course? Decisions like 
these win and lose races. 


r ^ 

time slides 

into time 

One of the particularly impressive 
graphical moments is when, in a 
particularly long race, night falls, or 
day breaks. Zooming round in the 
pitch dark one minute, with only 
your little head lights to guide your 
way and then the next the multi 
coloured day dawns over yonder 
horizon. Very nice. Brings a lump to 
your throat, It really does. 

l j 




T his is a question that really must be addressed. After all the term ‘boy 
racer’ is banded about rather too freely for it’s own good if you ask me. 
So, right now, we’re gonna clear up exactly just 
what a boy racer is. 

Number 1 - A boy racer (or B.R.) is a sad 
character. Everything he does has to be fast, or faster, 
than anyone else. (Which can lead to problems when 
a B.R. is in a relationship.) 

Number 2 - A B.R. always, but always, wears 
a baseball cap. Most usually on backwards. 

Number 3 - B.R.s wear very tight faded 
black jeans, preferably with a Harley 
Davidson belt buckle. 

Number 4 - B.R.s have no music 
taste, and listen to crap soft rock like 
Richard Marx or Europe, and then 
read heavy emotions into the lyrics. 

Number 0 - They also all have 
the same hair cuts, short on top 
and at the sides but really long at 
the back. Sad or what? 



verdict 

Great two player game, not so great 
one player game. Get a friend before 
you get Top Gear. 


only because I was 
asking Paul to make me a cup of 
coffee. Sure, the computer supplies 
you with an opponent of sorts, but 
he’s none to bright and more often 
than not runs out of fuel. Great 
challenge there. However, in two 
player it’s really rather smart. 

catalytic 

converter 

Oh yes alordy. ’Cos you see in two 
player mode, there is that essential 
edge of competitiveness that 
makes any game highly playable. 
For example take when me and 
Duncan (Game Zones’s resident art 
editor) were playing against each 


other. Great fun, loadsa laughs, 
constantly trying to outdo each 
other, to drive each other off the 
road. Smart. But then when I had to 
play Top Gear by myself the whole 
thing seemed a little flat. But hey 
let’s not lay no heavies (Brand new 
or otherwise) on this cart. Even in 
one player mode it’s an okay into- 
the-screen race car game, no great 
graphical tricks, but it’s fast, it’s 
smooth and very varied, only just a 
little bit too easy. H 






Sound 




Addictiveness 




Playability 


OUERRLL 86 


Out: Now Price: £44.99 
Publisher: Nintendo 


Split screen two player fun... but which one am I? 


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Send all your words of wisdom to: Geezl, Game Zone, 19 Bolsover Street, London W1P 7HJ 


F ollowing the 
October 
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1) Who is the dork with the speech 
bubble coming out of his mouth? 

2) How old do you have to be to 
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3) How much do you get paid? 

4) Do you all own consoles? 

5) What are they? 

Thanks, and P.S. who ever is trying 
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Mr J, Leicester 

• What a lot of questions, and to 
be honest Mr J they all seem to be 
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1) The ‘dork, ’ as you call him, is in 
fact the Game Zone office pet, a 
Wearer of Particularly Tasteful 
Trousers. 

2) It helps to have a mental age of 


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4) Yes. 

5) All of them, we lurve our work. 
Happy? Ed. 

question time - 
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Oi! 

1) Will Super Mario 4 
ever appear on the 
NES? 

2) If so when? 

3) Is the SNES better than 
the NES? 

4) If so what’s the difference? 
Matthew Perkins. 

Name and address supplied. 

• Simple and to the point, hey 
Matthew, no beating round the 
bush with you? All right, here we 


go, in order; 

1) Almost definitely not. 

2) Well, ermm... never. 

3) Yes. That’s why it’s called the 
Super NES. Cunning, eh? 

4) About 5 years and a plastic cover 

to you 


chief...well that 
and the small matter of a 16 bit 
proccessor, a 32,768 colour palette, 
twice the sprite size.mumble, 
mumble mumble. Ed. 


I am writing from the planet Pooplop and 
there’s nothing we like better than to get up 
in the morning and go to the toilet. 
Captain Crap, Shite City, Pooplop. 

• Oh dear. This is the kind of letter that gets 
us banned from WH Smiths. 

Ed. 



CIXc 


crap letter corner r.i.p. 


How could you ever think of doing away with the ‘Crap 
Letter Corner?’ It is an absolute disaster. People these days 
write so much crap they would be lost without it. Also may I 
make a plea to all model makers everywhere: Send in ya 
models they fair brighten up my day. 

Oly Tipper, Burton, Staffordshire 
• It’s truly a sad, sad day. Since the demise of the C.L.C, 
Geez has been flooded by letters and telegrams expressing 
sympathy and begging us to reinstate the C.L.C. Here are 
but a few. 

it was a good friend. I got all my material from it, 
it’ll be missed.’ - Jim Davidson . 

‘C.L.C. we love you. No more to see your happy 
face and glad expression, my life’s a dry and lonely 
desert.’ - John Major. 

‘We were very special friends.’ - Frank Bough. 

‘It was an inspiration.’ - Ian Hislop. 

But do not despair, because as of next month, something 
extra special will be launched to replace the C.L.C. So 
sharpen your minds and your pens and prepare your self for 
the biggest, and most important thing to hit your local 
newzies shelfs since the launch of the Staffordshire Young 
Farmers’ Gazette. It’s gonna be huge. Ed. 


68 1 rf.'lnn SOME 








nown to many 
as the ultimate 
high priest in style 
and fashion, Kev has 
always felt something of 
a spiritual calling. Born 
on a special night toward 
the end of December, 
visited by three wise 
men, (Armani, Gaultier 
and Smith) and 
serenaded by a glorious 
host of Viv Westwood 
models. He is the Fashion 
God, he is the child of the 
one great gents tailor, he 
is born again, he is Kev. 
He is also 5ft 3inches in 
his stocking feet, sexy 
beast that he is. 


kev^s kool kode 


Dear Kev, 

I’m going for a job as a funeral director. My problem is what to wear. I 
need something tasteful yet attention grabbing, respectful yet a real 
fashion statement. Please Kev, some pearls of wisdom. 

Puzzled from Plymouth. 


O h an anon, no less. How mysterious. Well mystery man, I 
don’t know about you but I always find funerals such 
drab, depressing affairs, all those people crying and 
moaning. You want to cheer the whole thing up a bit. 
Something subtle yet cheery. How about a nice red 
sequined jacket and maybe some nice slacks with large 
flowers on them? Daisys are perky. And then, just to set the 
whole outfit off, maybe some of those button badges with 
witty sayings on them. Like: ‘Smile - You might be dead 
tomorrow.’ Or ‘You kill me man.’ Or even, ‘Gosh what’s that 
funny smell? Oh it must be Auntie.’ And if you want to be 
really daring how about a revolving bow tie that, get this, 
squirts water. Fash or what? 


rave on 

I present the life and times of 
Norbert Gibblebottom. I like 
trainspotting and playing on my 
crap Spectrum 128k ’cos it’s crap 
and that’s why I play it. Your mag 
isn’t crap much but the letter 
corner is I was born in a field near 
Manchester and grew up eating 
grass and onion gravy. I am 5 and 
one half and 3/4. The End. 

P.S. A word of wisdom for all house 
keepers: To get two for the price of 
one, put one in your shopping 
bag/trolley and one other in your 
coat pocket. Sardines. 

Norbert Gibblebottom, 
Thornhill, Scotland 
• We sometimes worry that on a 
dark night, when leaving the office 
late, we’re gonna get attacked and 
horribly beaten round the head with 
a piece of limp celery. Standing 
over our prostrate bodies will be 
someone like you Norbert, 
resplendent in your anorak, and 
chunky M & S sweater.This 
prospect makes us scared. Very 
scared. Ed. 

... for two 

I though you might like this. It’s a 
tea mug mat. 

Mark Regan, High Wycombe, 
Bucks 


• We’re all touched, Mark, by this 
kind gesture. I’m not gonna tell you 
where we are touched, or what 
with, but suffice it to say we are 
touched. Ed. 

moans and groans 

I have a complaint to make. I 
started buying Game Zone on 
Issue 3, and it had a spine to hold 
it together. But, in issue 9 it was 
stapled together and after issue 9 
the covers have all fallen off. Why? 
P.S. I think the Crap Letter Corner 
should live. 

P.P.S. Will you send me a SNES? 

Jamie Fineh, Sherston, 
Wiltshire 

• The reason we stopped using 
the perfect bound spine and 
switched to saddle stiching (that’s 
the one with staples) is that we 
used up all the glue during a 
particularly wild office party. Then 
Jackie fixed up a good deal on a 
hundredweight of army surplus 
staples so stapled we became. As 
for Game Zone falling apart, you 
shouldn’t treat it so roughly. A bit 
of T.L.C. is needed. Oh and as for 
your p.s.’ check out next month’s 
Geez and no. Ed. 

ha, ha, ha 

Here’s a joke for you, 

Q. What do you call a frog with 
two heads? 

A. Donald. 

Good hey? 

William Norris, 
Glasgow, 

Scotland 
• No William, not 
good at all. In fact really 
quite crap. Ed. 




that’s the ticket 


How fascinated you will be to learn of my train journey to Cardiff 
on the 27th of July 1992. Upon arriving at Cardiff, I bought a copy 
of Game Zone, went to Virgin, bought a game for my Game Gear, 
had a go on the V.R. machine and a burger for lunch. But not at 
the same time. The ticket is enclosed to prove it too. 

Brigadier Sir Arthur Charles Strong, TVeorchy, Wales 
• It’s so good to see you have such a full and happy life, 
Brigadier, it proves what we have long suspected about the 
military. Please send us more tickets, the most bizarre one each 
month will win something very nice. Ed. 


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O We arrived so fresh faced 
and innocent looking. 
Little did we know what 
awaited us. We thought we 
were bigger than the challenge 
that faced us, we could master 
it. Ah, the naivety of youth. We 
mighty warriors were briefed 
on the task ahead: 

‘Pay attention. We must 
shoot the enemy while 
defending our own breast and 
back plates, and avoiding the 
plates of members of our own 
team. You’ll know when your 
gun is running low on ammo, 
or if you’ve neutralised an 
enemy or been hit, because 
your gun will tell you,’ 
explained Jackie. 

‘Oh,’ I said. 


Into the arena at last. ‘Ahh... it’s 
eating my arm,’ I cried. 

‘No it’s not,’ said Jackie, ‘that’s where 
you charge your gun up.’ 


0 Kitting up, a tingle of excitement ran 
down our spines. We knew what lay 
ahead, we just hoped that we were big 
enough to give no quarter and, in turn, 
expect no two-thirds. Shoot to neutralise. 
Just before we entered the arena I had just 
enough time to turn to Jackie and say, 
‘Where the hell does this strap go?’ 


© After which she turned on me and 
threatened me with her gun. So fickle 
these women... 


*BUmey, that’s a bit o.t.t. isn’t it? Ed. 


W e sent Jeremy Daldry 

along to the IVocadero 
in London with Game Zone’s 
own resident psycho, Jackie 
‘make my day’ Ryan , to check 
out Quasar. What’s Quasar 1 ? 
Well read on... 

flB Quasar is, depending on your outlook, on life, 

Mm e '^ er: 0 an astronomically star like object whose 
MJM spectrum shows an abnormally large red shift. 

M m And is very big. Or, ii) an electronic paintball-type 
game in which you run round a dark maze shooting 
lasers at people. It’s also very big in a subtle, yet 
important way. 

With over 80 Quasar centres around the country this 
space age paintball seems all set to become the only 
thing to do on a Saturday afternoon. Costing between 
£3 and £5 (depending on the location of the centre) for 
20 minutes of hard laser action, and with up to 40 
people running around at any one time, it’s fast, it’s 
furious, it’s sweaty and it has an abnormally large red 
shift. (You wot? Ed.) 

• 'Thanks to all the dudes at the Quasar, Trocodero, Picadilly Circus, 
London, where these pics where taken. Photos snapped by Ian Wyatt. 


© And then, with a cry of, ‘die you pig sucking 
sons of an elephant turd!’ she was off, 


sons of an elephant turd!’ she was off, 
blasting away like there was no tomorrow. It was 
dark, it was smoky, flashing lights and strange 
barely human cries filled the room. If it wasn’t for 
the fact that lasers were flying everywhere and 
every now and again someone shouted, ‘death to 
the enemy,’ it could almost have been the local 
night club. (Mind you there’s usually someone 
shouting ‘Death to the enemy!’ down the local 
nightclub these days.) 


0 


© Gone were any polite thoughts of 
neutralising the enemy, this was 


Vf neutralising the enemy, this was a 
fight to the death. I took up a strategic 
vantage point, aimed and began picking 
off any foolhardy member of the red team 
who should pass my way. Jackie ran past 
at one point screaming, ‘Eat my laser 
cannon! Your mother wore combat boots!’ 




70 1 33B3 MDMS 



































• It was all over. 

The nightmare of 
combat had ended. 
The smell of blood 


know what came 


‘the whole thing was 


‘That’s alright Jack,’ I 


' big silver dude?’ 


where hit by the individual 


members of your own team, to 


how many times you hit 


enemies. It even shows you how 


many shots you fired, and how 


often you stubbed your toe. 


« NEach individual player 
recieves their own score 
sheet, awash with statistics. 
From how many times your 


wafted on the air, our 


fallen comrades had 


ermm... fallen, i really 


over me,’ said Jackie, 


just one horribly blur. 


said, ‘but there is just 


one thing. Who’s the 


Y es, definitely. It’s a hot, sweaty, 
cheap, noisy, fun way of 
spending 20 minutes. Especially 
if you know most of the people 
you are playing against. And at all 
times there are marshals in the games 
arena, so it’s safe. It’s smart. 

Great visuals, loads of lights, smoke 
and general confusion. 

Loud. Very. Add this to your talking gun 
and you’re off into 2000AD territory. . 

Loads of it. It’s like being stuck in your 
very own personal video game. 


Total. I mean if you always wanted to 
be Han Solo in Star Wars then this is 
for you. 

Totally brill. 


20 quasar 


t-shirts! 


W in one of 20 stylish Quasar T 
Shirts ! Oh yes, just answer 
this oh so simple question and you 
too could be seen wearing this 
amazing item of fash. 

Q: Which of these is the odd one 

out, and why? 

a) Alpha Centauri 

b) The Sun 

c) Shannon Doherty 

d) A Super Nova 

And the answer we’re looking for, 

isn’t that they’re all heavenly 

bodies. (Even if it’s true.) 

Send all your answers on a post 
card only to: Heaven Sent, Game 
Zone , 19 Bolsover Street, London 
W1P 7HJ. 

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*phw a pacKM of blscuns 


ost of you should know 
the drill by now, but in 
case there’s anyone who 
doesn’t let’s have a brief 
recap. Herbal Tea sippers can’t 
play computer games. They 
can’t survive without cheats. 

They need your help. So send us 
your maps, solutions, walk¬ 
through-guides, hints, tips, 
cheats and pictures of Terry 
Waite doing a handstand whilst 
playing the piano. 

But you won’t be doing this for 
nothing. Oh no. Everyone whose 
tips are printed will receive a 
dead trendy ‘I’m a Top PG Tips 
Tipster’ badge, which is so trendy 
that even Michael Aspel wants 
one. Now that’s trendy. Of course 
you’ll also get world-wide fame 
and fortune into the bargain. On 
top of even that, the best 
contribution of the month will get 
a staggering £50 in cash! Woo! 
And of course a packet of this 
month’s top biscuit. Double woo! 
So what are you waiting for? Send 
all your stuff to: 


Don’t call me Darjeeling 


19 Bolsover Street 

London 

W1P7H5 


NB The biscuit of the month 
is the Garibaldi. 



Oh dear, after writing this month’s mammoth PG Tips, 
Daniel Pemberton was so tired that he couldn’t write 
a proper intro, so you’re gonna have to make do 
with this one. 


wanderers from y's 

If you fancy enlisting the services of a 
sound test then read on. To get one 
npC I when you are in the game, press 
lizX' SELECT on controller 1 (you should 
now enter the command window.) Now press 
select on the second controller. This should 
bring up the sound select screen. Press UP, 
DOWN and B for different effects. 


super wresUemania 

Oh dear. I hope no one out there 
actually likes WWF as a sport? Good. 
► FIFS l Ar, y wa Y’ you’re in need of a cheat 
then you could listen to the dodgy 
words of Neil Affleck. He says that if you 
want to change your wrestler in the Survivor 
Series when you are actually playing, simply 
press select when the bout has begun. 


godzilla 



Spook! Yet more passwords, this time 
from Spike Cartledge. 

Incidentally, if you reset the game 
twice you’ll get a sound test. 


GL6T 

C47? 

?=5Q 

?7QG 


71CL 

JHJ/ 

8W2H 

=65= 


?KGQ 

C?#2 

MXRT 

1XPK 


mega man iii 


Lots of passwords for this newly 
released game from Kevin 
Searle. By the way, all the 
UliijO passwords before the one you want 
to use will have been completed. Okay, so that 
doesn’t make much sense but it will. Honest. 
Try them out: 




Ooh... Staring at that background’s made me go all funny. 


face my wrath! 

Y es, you too will be facing the wrath of 
the mighty Daniel Pemberton if you 
don’t comply to the following rules. 
Remember that not even Batfink’s mighty 
wings of steel could stop my mighty wrath. 
You have been warned! 

Enclose your name and address. 

Make it readable. (That’s layout and 
handwriting.) 

State what game and machine the tip is for. 
Don’t nick it out of another mag (including 
this one.) 

Make sure it’s NOT a Mario 3 or 4 guide. 


Hard Man: Red: C4, C5 
Blue: Nothing 

Top Man: Red: C4, C5, A3 
Blue: Nothing 

Magnet Man: Red: C4, C5, F5, A3 
Blue: Nothing 

Shadow Man: Red: C4, C5, A3, D6, F4 
Blue: Nothing 

Gemini Man: Red: A3, C5, D6, F5 
Blue: Nothing 

Needle man: Red: D6, C5, A3 
Blue: D3, B5 

Snake Man: Red: A3, C5 
Blue: B5, D3, F4 
Everyone Done: Red: C5 

Blue: A3, B5, D3, F4 
Dr Willy: Red: El, C5 

Blue: A1, B2, A3, B5, D3, F4 
I haven’t been able to work out Kevin’s letter that 
well, but I think that if you enter the Magnet Man 
code it should mean that Magnet Man, and all 
the others before him (e.g. Hard Man and Top 
Man) will be completed. 


rocketeer 



Password japes for anyone having 
difficulty with their airborne antics, 
Simply enter the following codes: 
2: 492629312, 3: 435765818, 

4: 775545421 


bubble bobble 



More password related capers for any 
y J^ budding Bubble Bobble blower from 
Australia’s Darren Saint. 

Anyway, for all you shandy drinkers out 
there having probs, here are the codes. 

BGGGB - Round 12, AAAAB - Round 16 
AJCCI - Round 27, AGJJJ - Round 30 
CCCCJ - Round 87 


inunii SOME 73 



















imircF— 


taxing skill level 



Stuck on a level? Not any longer, thanks to 
Rhys Warren, who has very kindly provided 
a list of all the level codes including the ever so 
secret hidden SunSoft ones. Also if you fancy a 
sound test on the title screen press UP and 
RIGHT on the control pad and wait for 
‘soundtest’ to appear at the top of the screen. 


fun skill level 


10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 
21 
22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 


SRDTPT 

MJDVLXT 

ZBHPRLQ 

GWSXMHK 

NCDKKWG 

CKWDRKV 

HCBSMGV 

JBKZQGS 

MMDMKKX 

SKFKNNB 

LXNLJCP 

MTPCTNP 

PCLSRCP 

KPMDGXZ 

TLVKLSW 

HMHRSDR 

MFLFHSH 

QXPKCHB 

MWRTLNR 

GMXCWPS 

KBXNLPB 

DVJJBGM 

LGSSCZL 

MVGDKVX 

LSQHCQS 

SXRQMVR 

PMQJPMX 

DHBPTWQ 

BCXLWW 

FXWBBSL 


tricky skill level 


1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 
11 
12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 
21 
22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 


MGQZMGG 

LXSFDXB 

ZRVXBWQ 

NKVKRTB 

GJWDHMG 

DJCQQZT 

JHSVCQL 

RCHFGNN 

BJWVRCQ 

RFPZFBJ 

JKJBRMQ 

MZDCDTC 

ZVMQKXB 

ZZRHJPL 

JFLKJPX 

JQXRNGJ 

WFVBVJP 

KWVBVJP 

TTKLKZT 

NNFFQPV 

ZNXBKMP 

QSLQWJS 

BGFVMFR 

PQZWDKM 

SBCMSJS 

BDGQRNX 

XPPBQWL 

JQSPRH 

GCLKJMQ 

SRWGXZM 



super mario 3 



Luckily, Super Mario 3 tips are few on 
JSS the ground at the mo, but please don’t 
start sending them in again, okay? 
Anyway, here’s an exception to the 
rule, provided by J Barnard who thinks that 
on level 2 and 5 in World 1, when Mario has a tail 
and goes up into the clouds, only take a few of 
the coins, then, ignoring the others, run 
backwards and forwards on the clouds to build 
up some speed. Then fly up to the right top 
corner of the screen, where you will find loads 
more coins and an extra life!! 


1 

PQFPTBP 

2 

HPLHRXL 

3 

CPZRSRV 

4 

SMSWSPW 

5 

DXCQKRX 

6 

MDGMJLV 

7 

WZWSDMK 

8 

HZBCFQM 

9 

SPRPVMR 

10 

BWCBKXJ 

11 

WRFVJDL 

12 

GGBCXXS 

13 

TTXQXQL 

14 

DCBBNH 

15 

WCBLDQX 

16 

PFVFXCR 

17 

NKVCKDN 

18 

QPDDJFB 

19 

QBGBPSW 

20 

JLXJWNW 

21 

JLHFSRF 

22 

WCLJNNK 

23 

LVFHMM 

24 

MHNNCPC 

25 

RNMKXLP 

26 

XZZSDDN 

27 

BBTSGZC 

28 

LXFLJPX 

29 

QKZVKFT 

30 

WFCSHNT 


mayhem skill level 


1 

XNMTWVD 

2 

KDTJQQR 

3 

VNTGWRB 

4 

SQPLCRR 

5 

JHQTCPD 

6 

RQXNVNP 

7 

CBWMMLG 

8 

LCVDQWL 

9 

KDHWTJL 

10 

GVNKKJL 

11 

DXCDGNH 

12 

GWJTPLW 

13 

LNZNHWM 

14 

MZXZKZC 

15 

RWLTTCQ 

16 

LGJCRKM 

17 

SQXKBZN 

18 

WXTBWCB 

19 

NPKNRKV 

20 

PZQWRGP 

21 

DZTHVNL 

22 

RMDTBFQ 

23 

FCSLSPK 

24 

RNHQXVM 

25 

LTGGNDXH 

26 

LHLTDDV 

27 

MCBBKHV 

28 

MWLGVQJ 

29 

GSPQCRQ 

30 

ZTTGRFH 


sunsoft skill level 

1 TPCWFMP 

2 WSJCLDX 

3 PVNRCMV 

4 HZSQQNV 

5 KCGHCBATMAN 


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Quick, we’re surrounded by green blobby monsters! 


axelay 



I 


An excellent shoot ’em up. But if you 
fancy invincibility simply press START 
npc I twice during the game, wait a second, 
HhZJ then press START, SELECT, UP, DOWN, 
LEFT, RIGHT, Y, B, A, X and unpause the game. 
The lives should be replaced with the word 
‘MUTEK’ if it worked properly. 


bucky o'hare 


I 



If anyone has had the severe 
displeasure of actually watching this 
r nrv>f a PP a,,in 9 cartoon series then they 
won’t have bought the game. But if 
you have, here’s some passwords courtesy of 
Ahmed Al Akber. 

Green World beaten - 5NJZJ 
Blue World beaten - 6PJ!3 
Red World beaten - MRV23 
Yellow World beaten - M!L!H 
Salvage chute - MRWAL 
Magma tanker - M!L2X 
Escape - MRMAX 


LEO- 

6 j£ SPXfJ . 
LIFE *** 

_REST O_. 







Chargrilled turtle, anyone? 


joe and mac 


Instruction-book type tip here. If you 
3k wanna leave a level that you’ve already 
► riFS? com P ,ete d ^en simply pause the 
game and press SELECT. That 
blindingly obvious(ish) tip came from Mr 
Edward Bray. Apparently this is very 
handy for stocking up your lives, ’cos if you find 
a level with an extra life on it, collect the life, exit 
the level and then collect it again. This method 
also works for energy. 



magic sword 


It’s our old friend the secret options 
screen, and to get it simply listen to 

RES? the worc * s of Marcus Rowling, 

who says that first off you should be in 
the possession of a second control pad. Then go 
to the normal option screen with the first control 
pad and highlight ‘exit’ but don’t press anything. 
Then on the other joypad (no. 2) press and hold 
the L button, the R button and START. Keep 
those down and then press START on the first 
controller. You should now be on an option 
screen where you can select your game level 
and life force. 


temco bowl 



Mention time for Nancy Lee, even 
\ though she didn’t tell me that if you 
enter 94BFFDAI you’ll go straight into 
the Temco Bowl Final. 


74 irfjyn/a 


























































teenage 

mutant 

hero 

turtles 



Turtles may be as hip as a 
lycra boob-tube with matching 
slacks, but it’s still quite a 
good game. That’s why we are 
going to print this quite good 
guide from Robert Jeely. 
Coincidence or what? (Not really. Ed.) 


J|npn 1 ■ This is a really easy area and 
HI Cd I a you should pass it after your 
first few attempts. Be-Bop is easy, just keep 
out of his way. At the end of the level just 
jump up on the boxes and keep pressing 
down and fire using Donetello. 


A It051 9" Go up through the building 
HI Cd £a killing the baddies and 
collecting the pizzas. When you get to the 
top jump into the water and you begin the 
swimming part of the level. Avoid all the 
obstacles and defuse the bombs. If you have 
some energy you should pass it easily. 


Iuqa Qa When in the Turtle Van to 
Ml Cd Ob avoid banging into those 
steam-rollers that are all over the place try 
pressing SELECT to get out of the van. 

About 80% of the time they will disappear 
and you won’t have to lose any energy trying 
to shoot them. 

Go into the building and fill up on energy 
and get rockets. You only need ten to finish 
it, but if you want to rescue a turtle get 
twenty. If you can get some scrolls the end 
of level baddies are simple. If not use any 
weapons you have against them. Even if you 
were silly enough to go through the level 
without getting any weapons it’s still pretty 
damn easy. 


A It 051 A* The few levels are pretty 

Mi Cd b easy, but as you go on they 
get harder. The following underpasses are 
the ones you must go in to: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 
13, 14, 15 and 17. 

If you have a turtle low on energy you can 
get him killed and then when you come to 
underpass 13 you can get him back with full 
energy. It only works once, though. Find 
underpass 17 and after finishing that you go 
straight on to the Mouser. Just as long as 
you have Donetello left he is simple. Stand 
underneath him exactly in the middle of his 
two eyes, keep pressing up and fire, his 
bullets can’t get you and he’s dead in no 
time at all. 


Amaa Ca This is quite an easy level. 

HI Cd Ua You just have to go into the 
area to the bottom left, and enter the door. 
Once in, keep going down at every possible 
place. When you can’t go down any deeper 
walk right. You’ll come to an opening, go in 
and you’ve reached the Tecnodrome. Using 
Raphael, Michelangello or Leonardo get onto 
the wheels, the turn to Donetello. Blow up 
the guns by hitting them a few times. Each 
time the eye opens jump up, being careful 
not to touch it, pressing up and fire. Repeat 
this until it blows up. 

AfftflA C a This ' s hard - Your radar is 
Ml Cd Da broken, so you must wander 
about the place looking for shredder. Every 
so often pause the game and see what April 
or Splinter have to say. They will tell you if 
you are coming near to him. When you reach 
him he’s very hard to beat. Watch out for his 
gun. Using a combination of all your turtles 
you may be able to beat him. 






d&M, 




mega man n 


1 


H urrah! A guide to Mega Man II, from a 
certain which is 

handier then, erm, something very 
handy. (Such as? Ed.) God, you have to make 
my life difficult, don’t you? Er, a watch is quite 
handy, I suppose. (Then how come you haven’t 
got one? Ed.) Shurrup! Here are the ‘useful’ tips 
then. (That’s better. Ed.) Also, thanks to 
for the codes. 


Flash man is the easiest of the eight villains to 
defeat. Simply jump and use your Mega 
Cannon, and he’s a piece of cake. 


Defeat the hotdogs using the time stopper just 
before you meet them. To defeat Wood Man 
move right next to him and take him out with 
some quick fire from Mega Man’s Mega 
Cannon. When you stand next to Wood Man the 
Mega Cannon can penetrate the Leaf Shield. 


Use the trusty Mega Cannon to defeat Metal 
Man. Leap over his blades and fire a steady 
stream of bullets. It isn’t to difficult to outlast 
Metal Man with this strategy. 


out, the screen begins to scroll to the right. 
Keep jumping on the blocks that appear on the 
right side of the screen - the Big Dragon should 
be hot on your tail at this point. When you reach 
the end of the row (three blocks stacked on top 
of each other) jump up to the highest block and 
fire on the Dragon with your quick boomerang. 

If the Dragon knocks you off your perch with 
one of it’s fire blasts, jump back up to the top 
block and continue firing. 


Jump on Guts Dozer’s platform, then leap and 
fire your quick boomerang at his face. A few 
hits later he’ll be gone. 


You can safely run under the lava drips by 
running full speed to your right without pausing. 
By running as soon as you hit the ground you 
can make it through untouched. 


Here’s a trick to get Mega Man extra lups. 

When you encounter the birds in the Air Man 
stage turn on the Leaf Shield (acquired by 
defeating the Wood Man) and don’t move! The 
Leaf Shield destroys all the little birds that fly at 
Mega Man. If you wait long enough, when they 
are destroyed some of the little birds leave 
behind lups. Defeat Air Man by leaping over his 
miniature tornadoes a firing at him with the 
Mega Cannon. 


The Metal Blades are perfect for destroying this 
monstrosity. Fire at the window of the ship and 
soon it’s a pile of junk. 


The Bubble Lead is the only weapon that can 
damage this suit of armour. It takes 7 or 8 well 
placed shots. 


pass codes 


A. 3 B. 1, 2 C. 2, 5 D. 1, 4 E. 2,4 


A. 4 B. 2, 3C. 3D. 1,2, 3, 5 E. 3 



The Metal Blades (obtained from Metal Man) are 
the perfect weapon for the Bubble Man stage. 
Since you can shoot them in several directions, 
they’re great for knocking out enemies from 
above, below, etc. Destroy Bubble Man by firing 
a barrage of Metal Blades at him. 


Climb through the extensive roller coaster and 
ladder layout on Crash Man’s world by using 
your Leaf Shield for protection. Defeat Crash 
Man by using your Air Shooter, he is very 
vulnerable to it. 


The Metal Blades get you through the initial 
stages of Heat Man’s world. The Crash Bombs 
can blow holes in some of the walls that get in 
your way. Use the Jet Sled to get over the pit of 
fire. Destroy Heat Man using the Bubble Lead 
you received when you defeat Bubble Man. 


The Time Stopper (acquired by defeating Flash 
Man) is essential for survival on Quick Man’s 
world. Defeat Quick Man by first cutting his 
energy in half with the Time Stopper. Next use 
your Mega Cannon to kill him. 


strategies for 
dr wily's castle 


Before you reach the Big Dragon you will come 
to some solid blocks that function as stepping 
stones in space. When you reach the fifth single 
block, use your Time Stopper and jump to the 
far right block. When your Time Stopper runs 


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metroid 


More codes this issue than there are 
I Cornflakes in a box of Ricicles (with 
rnrCM su P er "dooper-hyper-galactic 
DBJD marshmallow shapes.) And seeing as 
there aren’t any, that should be quite easy. 
Anyway, Chad Jane from Australia reckons 
you should try some of the following codes: 



WOOOOO OOOOOO 999999 999999 
WOOOOO OOOOOO KKKKKK KKKKKK 


mike tyson's punch out 

It’s now just called Punch Out, l.think, 
’cos of Mr Tyson being in jail and 
rnr ^ Nintendo not wanting to dirty their 
image., but George Bayona 
from Malaysia has till got a password for it, 
which will put you against the man himself. 
Simply enter 007 373 59 63 as a password. 
Also, if you haven’t T.K.O’ed Mike, you have to 
have more than 5000 points to win by decision. 




He really wants to be in the next Michael Jackson video. 


rival turf 


If you fancy altering the names of your 
opponents, and the hero (e.g. to your 
, nrc i name) then play the game as normal 
and get the top score. Then when the 
screen comes up to enter your name, enter 
CHRCONF for your name, and you should be in 
a character configure screen that allows you to 
alter the name of all the characters in the game! 
Press START to exit. 


fl exhaust heat 



A quickie this one. Simply press 
buttons L and R simultaneously during 
a race for a turbo boost which propels 
you up to 400 kph!!! 



Which way, which way? Eeny-meeny miny... 



kid icarus 


Joseph Akrigy reckons that if 
you want to get to the final stage with 
infinite lives you would do a helluva lot 
worse than enter this password: 

8UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. That’s 
an 8 and 23 U’s!!! 



darius twin 


If you’re playing the first level, but can’t 
really be bothered, simply manoeuvre 
j |1£C 1 your ship so that it is above the last 
three digits of the score. Nothing will 
hit you until you get to the boss, so you can go 
and make a cup of tea or something. 


bombuzal 


This game is soon going to be released 
in Britain... I think. Unfortunately it’s 
. nrel going to be called something totally 
Villi' different, and I don’t know what it is. 
I’m a bit crap really, aren’t I? (Yes. Ed.) Well, on 
the code front I’m not ’cos I’ve got loads of ’em: 
10 -RAFT 70 -SOUP 

20 - GATE 80 - NEST 

30 -TIME 90 -LARK 

40 -ZINC 100 -JAZZ 

50 -WIND 110 -HELP 

60 -TYPE 120 -EXIT 

130-DEMO 

It’s also worth trying ENDS, MAKE, AUTO, RLLO, 
DOLL, WORD, GIRL, JEAN, UNIT, TAPE and 
VISA. Particularly try GAME and ZONE!!! 


smart ball 


As soon as ‘Push start button’ appears 
on the title screen press UP, UP, 

► IlFS / D0WN > DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, 

RIGHT, B, A, SELECT and then START. 
But why?? Well, it’ll let you chose any level up to 
4-A Smaaaart! (Ball. Ed.) Thanks to Adam 
Mark for that one. 


arcana 


If you need more hit points and 
experience, on the title screen press 
RFC J DOWN, SELECT, SELECT, X, Y, 
SELECT, SELECT, L, R, SELECT, 
SELECT, LEFT, RIGHT, and then UP. Now press 
either A to begin Chapter II, B for Chapter III, X 
for Chapter IV and Y for Chapter V. If you fancy 
entering the Arcana Sound Room (that’s a sound 
test) hold down L and R on the title screen and 
press button B. 

fl exhaust heat 

Apparently there’s a secret race track 
hidden in this game. Sounds a bit 
| nrC J chinny to me, but Paul James 
JizX' doesn’t think so. Firstly select TEST 
(or PRACTISE) and start a race. Find a series of 
right angle wall recesses next to the track along 
the waterside bit. This is on the lower left part of 
the map. Hit the third right angle along in the 
exact corner and do it as fast as possible. You 
should smash through and be travelling on the 
water! The hidden circuit is South-South-West. 


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q The centre court is abuzz 

with expectation as 
£ -tV ^ Nicholas ‘Super* Hudson 
BtWtJ steps up to the baseline, 

ready to serve up a rally of 
super tips for Nintendo’s 
Super Tennis and win 
himself C50 into the bargain. 


Here is the same table for the women: 


blistering 
forehand tip 

If you’re at the back of the court, 
fighting a baseline point with a 
computer-driven opponent, and 
you just want to finish the damn 
thing off, follow these simple 
instructions. If you’re on the right- 
hand side, press Right and Y to lob 
the ball. Your opponent should 
smash it back to you with all the 
venom he can muster, but then all 
you have to do is press Left and B 
and you’ll get the point immediately. 


If you start your defence on the left- 
hand side of the court, use Right 
and B. 

ballboy fever 

In the interests of generally 
cheating, the following table shows 
just how many points you can get by 
participating in the tournaments. 
There’s info on the major ones, like 
Melbourne, Paris, London, New York 
and the minor ones too, such as Rio, 
Nairobi, Beijing and Tokyo. 
Invaluable information for the more 
tactically-minded among you. 


Position 

Major Tournament 

Minor Tournament 

Lose in 1st round 

10 points 

10 points 

Lose in 2nd round 

30 points 

20 points 

Lose in 3rd round 

50 points 

30 points 

Lose in Final 

80 points 

50 points 

Win Final 

100 points 

60 points 




Player 

Forehand 

Backhand 

Serve 

Volley 

Matt 

Awesome 

Awesome 

Good 

Poor 

Brian 

Fair 

Fair 

Fair 

Great 

Phil 

Great 

OK 

Great 

Awesome 

John 

Best 

Awesome 

OK 

Poor 

Meyer 

Good 

Good 

Poor 

Poor 

Rich 

OK 

Poor 

Poor 


Great Hiro 

Fair 

Good 

Poor 

Poor 

Steve 

Fair 

Poor 

Awesome 

Good 

Rob 

OK 

OK 

Best 

OK 

Mark 

Poor 

Poor 

Good 

Good 


Player 

Forehand 

Backhand 

Serve 

Volley 

Amy 

Best 

Great 

Awesome 

OK 

Kim 

Great 

Great 

Best 

Best 

Lisa 

Best 

Best 

Good 

OK 

Erin 

Good 

OK 

Great 

Fair 

Donna 

Great 

Awesome 

OK 

Best 

Debbie 

OK 

OK 

OK 

Great 

Colett 

Good 

Good 

Good 

Poor 

Nancy 

Great 

Great 

Great 

Good 

Yuka 

Good 

Good 

OK 

Poor 

Barb 

Fair 

OK 

Poor 

Poor 


John is probably the best of the 
players available, and on that basis, 
here are the codes for every stage of 
the circuit for John. 


grunty fun 

For those of you who want a coach, 
tough. The following tables are the 
next best thing to an anally retentive 
sidekick who, perhaps, has failed in 
his own tennis-playing career and so 
has decided to live his life through 
your success. They save your coach 
the bother of videoing your 
opponents by detailing for you all of 
their relevant skills (and how good 
_ they are). 

This table shows how good each of the 
male players are at different shots: 


Tournament 

Surface 

Code 

Melbourne 

Open 

(MAJOR) 

Hard 

C6VLMVT M8YD3HR FWLWJSD 
3HP7CQ2 4075C6P DJSTK8X 
D3H8FQL VCX 

Nairobi 

Open 

(MINOR) 

Lawn 

HZ7N698 G7RHJWZ LCYD3LS 
GVMYKPD 2GPYBQI 4065C6P 
DJSDKPY MBC 

Paris 

Open 

(MAJOR) 

Clay 

V117G7L 6JVLVP2 KSD3HRZ 
CT37296 C6QDJST K8XD3HR 
FTLLJRF ZKS 

Beijing 

Open 

(MINOR) 

Hard 

724KK0V 7KVRVS3 NTD3HRZ 
CT47396 C6QDJXT K8XD3GR 

FTLVJTG ZGS 

London 

Open 

(MAJOR) 

Lawn 

32W7WIZ TF6WR3L V76178F 

8SHMWYL 8ZG4HWF TLWJPC2 

GNY9RJ8 6B4 

Tokyo 

Open 

(MINOR) 

Hard 

56DINZW HNXVYT3 PXL3HR? 

DT573B6 G8RFJXT K8XD3HR 

FTLVMSJ ZNS 

New York 

Open 

(MAJOR) 

Hard 

M7Q51MB Q2N8H9V S6FR284 
8CJBTNL VXPFXJ3 HRFTLWJ 

PC2FWQJ 3J0 

Don J 

Clay 

BQ14065 C6PDJST K8XD3HR 
FTLWJPC 2GNYBQI 4065C6P 
DJS80R3 MBC 


oh, I say 

When you beat Don J, use the 
following code. On the player select 
screen, using controller 2, press 
Left five times, then X once, R seven 
times, then X again. The music will 
change and player one will have the 
best of possible abilities. 



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left of the screen and use your psycho waves. 
Remember that while you are there you will 
have to jump over the bubbles he fires. If he is 
still alive after this then flying kick him. 

4. Nyudo Monster 
Keep bouncing high off of the cloud and 
kicking his eye. Keep moving or his hand will 
catch you. You can bounce over the hand. 

5- The Sorcerer 
Stay close to him, then either use a special 
move or flying kicks. Once you have hit him 
and he starts to flash, run to the other side of 
the screen - try to get there before him. 
Repeat this procedure and he’ll die eventually. 
If things get dodgy, stand at the opposite side 
of the screen and use your psycho waves. 

6. The Spicier 

Easy. Use all your psycho waves, jump the 
thing he fires at you, then flying kick him, 
jump, kick, jump, etc. If you time things right 
you should finish him,and the game, off. 


see a robot appearing then quickly TAP the 
jump button, then hold the attack button, while 
still going right. If you hold the jump button too 
long, mistime your jump, or stop moving then 
you will be hit. You can also punch them as 
they appear but this is too slow so you wont be 
able to hit them all before your time runs out. 
Bonus Stage 3 - Fighting fish. 

Stand in the centre of the screen so you have 
easy access to either side of you. When you 
see a fish, flying kick it. Walking to it is too 
slow so you will miss the next fish. Remember 
to return to the centre as you land. 

Bonus Stage 4 - Arkanoid 
Similar to the fish stage. Follow the head thing 
left and right. When he spits a ball, flying kick 
it. If you miss it then try and chase it because 
it will keep bouncing on the blocks until you 
hit it. 

extra tips 

• When you fight flying enemies (eg birds, 
skulls with wings), you will find that special 
attacks are easier to use 

• When you fight the tigers, jump and use a 
special attack first, then punch. This way they 
can’t get you. 

• Remember that while you are using a special 
move you are invincible, so you can jump 
through dangerous spots without being 
hampered by them. Remember to be in a safe 
place when the move is finished though. 

• On the lava level, if the blocks keep breaking 
up under you feet and there is nowhere to go, 
quickly tapping left and right will stop them 
from falling apart because they don’t break 
when you’re moving. 

• Don’t use continues - it makes the game too 
easy and so spoils it. (Not if you're the kind of 
person who read this. Ed.) 


^ r Jackie Chan useful hints and tips 
are Go! Well, kind of. Anyway, we 
•w ^ have to 

thank for the following hints and 
* f 111% 4 t'PS- sxjhcbj dcjnbjds dcjdscjxc 
xcjdsjds dsjndsjncdjdsc 

the bosses 

1. Buddhadoma 

Stand on one of the raised platforms. When his 
hands are not outstretched, jump at his head 
and kick him. Special moves are better for 
this. Repeat this procedure, remembering to 
dodge the hands which will attack you 
sometimes, and he’ll die quickly. 

2. Shaolin Giant 

The same tactics as the ones for Buddhadoma 
can be used here, but remember to keep 
moving so his big pole doesn’t land on your 
head. Also watch out for the fireballs that 
bounce out of the lava before the pole flies 
about 

3. Froverd 

Firstly, attack him closely with all your special 
moves. Then stand on the branch on the far 


Bonus Stage 1 - In the clouds 

This is quite easy once you get the hang of it. 

Just remember to try 
I I I and stay at the left 

hand side of the 

f I /' screen and ALWAYS 

I * I jump off the clouds - 

- j usually if you just 
drop down onto the 
cloud below you you 

I I : miss it. If you stray to 

” » p the right hand side of 

f~~ the screen, just stand 

' — v , V f ‘v ° n each cloud until it 

- is almost gone. You 

Y - F . need practice to time 

^- F •' ** ( this right. 

—. '* t * 1 Bonus Stage 2 

\ ,- r *’ Fighting 

£ — robots 

- -- . r * . ' The hardest bonus 

stage. Run to the 

'• »— right, non-stop. If you 


Press UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, UP, DOWN, B 
and A on controller 1, then B on controller 2. 
Then start the game as usual and you will find 
you have a stage select cheat. 



super smash tv 

Hey, I wonder what exciting thing this 
, cheat’ll do? Infinite lives, level select, 
hidden options, secret levels or a 
sound test? Nope. I’m afraid it’s none 
of those, but a chance to see the names of the 
development team who made the game. Exciting 
stuff, eh? (about as exciting as a bag of boil-in- 
the-bag rice, if you ask me.) Anyway, to get this 
bring up the Acclaim logo and hold down the L 
and R buttons. When the feather appears hold 
down button B as well as L and R. 


populous 


A fantastic game, with an almost as 
, fantastic cheat. Well actually the 
► flFS < c ^ eat s not that fantastic, I just wanted 
Villi' to give it a bit of a build up. So, if you 
fancy warping to any stage, first off choose a 
conquest game, then select the pause button- 
icon thingy. Now move the cursor to the world 
map and hold down L and press A. Then hold 
down R and press Y, B, X, A and SELECT. Let go 
of button R and select ‘Armageddon’. Enter the 
set-up menu and choose ‘Conquest’. Inside the 
conquest menu, press X and B to select any 
level. Thanks to Tracie Bretle for that. 



Nerny-nerny ner-ner, you can’t catch me! 


78 Buna SOME 















prince of persia 

Here are some top codes for a top 
3 game supplied by a person they call 

iltiM Alistair ‘The Iceman’ 

Trew, Neil Rainbow, and his 

brother (I guess) Phillip Rainbow. Try out 
the following. (Oh, and on level 20 you still have 
34 minutes left!!!) 

level 2 - BA1MI4L level 3 - AFIYYEZ 
level 4 - 4NQAACZ, level 5 - QUDMQJW 
level 6 - 43DOYNS, level 7 - QHDOYNS 
level 8 - RTXUQXE, level 9 - ASCFAFA 
level 10 - R3ATAKA, level 11 - QNWLYD4 
level 12 - RLIVKVZ, level 13 - AMV45SQ 
level 14 - J1L4CJU, level 15 - I2NPWNG 
level 16 - JH2TWX2, level 17 - QGMOR1C 
level 18 - BGSM6FU level 19 - I23SPHJ 
level 20 - ZPQQPCI 
Also try NZAGPGX, E533JDJ, 3IXHKEJ, 
YOUXQF4, AT4MCIL, MVAYJPB, and Z54FA66 




john madden football 

Oh dear. Such a smart game on the 
^ Mega Drive, a waste of plastic on the 
rircl SNES. Still, that’s no excuse for us not 
printing one password to the final 
round, which happens to be BBBB5nZ5C 

thunder spirits 

For the special hidden option screen, 
gl which, TBQH (To Be Quite Honest) 

I IlFw c * oesn t have anything exciting on it, 
but hold down SELECT and press 
START to see for yourself. You can now do pant- 
wettingly exciting stuff such as change the 
music from stereo to mono, put on Rapid Fire 
and change the controls. Told you it was 
exciting! 

wanderers from y's 

Press SELECT to enter the command 
window. Then press SELECT on 
nrc 7 controller 2. this should bring up a 
sound test. Try using buttons UP, 
Down, and B on this. 


storm in 
a, erm... 
magic 
lamp (?) 


W elcome to a new section, my friends. 
This section is for all things Game 
Genie-ish. Yes, that’s right, it’s a 
Game Genie column (I worked that out already. 
Reader.) 

Do you like the title? I most certainly do. I 
worked it out all by myself. (And it shows. Ed.) 
Well, I suppose my Mum helped me on the last 
bit, but that doesn’t really matter does it? 
Anyway, enough blabbering, you want to win 
something, don’t you? Yup, thought so. You’re 
all capitalists at heart, all products of 
Thatcher’s generation. Basts!! 

Well, those jolly nice people at Codemasters 
and Hornby Hobbies (who make the train sets) 
have agreed to stump up a game a month for 
the best Game Genie code. But no cheating! 
The people at Hornby have special computers 
(this is true by the way) that can check if a 
codes been printed before in a different 
magazine, even one from abroad!! The best 
code each month (It can be anything - the 
wackier the better) will win the sender a 
cartridge of his choice. So send your codes to: 
Game Genie Compo, Game Zone , 19 Bolsover 
Street, London, W1P 7HJ 

And to start off with this month we’ve got 
some Mario codes from Michael Cooper: 


MARIO 

032800 x 2? A 


WORLD TIME 
x2A X—3 281 

f \ 




... f- 







super mario 1 

EAAEEP - Rather humorous green stripes 

super mario 2 

NUZTIP - Infinite lives. 

NUTTYS - Once you’re in Sub-Space World 
there’s no escape. (What???) 

GGGEPP - Rather funky sound. 

YTPPPP - Doesn’t allow you to use bombs 
or POW blocks. 

super mario 3 

GGZXNN - Makes Mario do a wicked turn, 
gets rid of wandering hammer brother, and 
gives Mario a pretty cool somersault when 
he has invincibility star. 

Code of the month!!!! 

AOklXXL - Mario in Negative World 

So Michael wins a cart for his Mario efforts. 

Easy isn’t? So send your codes to the address 

above to be in with a chance of winning some 

gear for your NES, SNES or Game Boy. 




console 

counsel 


ello feeble gamesplayers and 
welcome to Console Counsel. 
This is the place where you 
can share your gamesplaying queries, 
problems and troubles with me in the 
strictest of confidence... sort of. 
Remember, he who dares, um, gets the 
mickey taken out of them by their 
mates. But do be brave, put pen to 
paper and write to: Console Counsel, 
Game Zone, 19 Bolsover Street, 
London, W1P 7HJ 
But please remember that your 
console counsellor can’t reply to 
individuals, even those who enclose 
SAE’s, so save your stamps. 


Console Counsel, 

I’m stuck on Castlevania IV for the SNES. 
I’ve had it quite a long time now, but I still 
can’t kill Dracula at the end of the game. 
He get’s me every time. Please could you 
help? Yours, 

James Daven, Kensington, London 

„ p Your best bet, James, is to get 
completely powered up at the 
1 ||lf start. To do this, as soon as you 
start Dracula’s level, jump to the 
left, and jump as far as you can. You 
should now land on an invisible platform. 

Now keep pressing DOWN and moving 
left a bit. you should go down some 
invisible stairs. Once on the furthest left of 
the screen lots of goodies and hearts and 
weapons should drop down, making your 
encounter with Dracula a lot easier. 


Dear Console Counsel, 

I recently bought a Nintendo 
Entertainment System and I was given 
Ikari Warriors for my birthday. It’s a great 
game, but very hard. Please could you tell 
me if there are any cheats for it. Yours, 
Jenny Hogg, Glasgow 

^ P Yes there is one. Simply press A, 
B, A, B as soon as you’ve lost 
all your lives to get another 
*111 9^ ; three. Also, in two player mode, 
if you both get into a helicopter at the 
same time, you’ll get two helicopters!! 


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IA/JO 


How about this for a 
laugh? Pack a large 
exhibition hall with the 
very latest coin-ops and ftp 
let kids play them for 
free! That’s exactly what 


Amusement Machinery 
Manufacturers 
Association (JAMMA) did 
last month in Tokyo. We 
could barely drag Pile 
Haynes away to bring you 
this exclusive report... 


publisher Taito r 

Just one of many Streetfighter 2 
clones due to hit the arcades 
before the end of 1992. Bit of a 
strange title, too. Violence is the 
aim of the game as Jurene, 
Gurianos - man of righteousness, 
Diokles, Ireana, Mc Gjlj and Retsu 
Zen go on the rampage. Tartars 
p/nor e xi ft the same kind of 
thing, only with aggressive 


The DlggesfeVint of its 
kind in the world. That’s 
why the likes of Capcom, Sega, 
Konami, Taito, Namco, Jaleco, 
Tecmo, Data East, Irem and 
Toaplan decide to launch their new 
arcade video games at this 

It was held for 


prestigious si 
three days atj^lakuhari Messe in 
[the Chiba district of Tokyo, Japan. 
|Now the boring corporate stulHH 
out of the way, here’s our H 
indispensable rundown of the bed 
decks th jg getting ready to jm 
devour your precious cash in ttifl 


Publisher Irem 

Who can resist the chance to fly 
like Peter Pan and chase the 
dastardly Captain Hook? Irem 
reckons this title is an ‘innovation in 
recreational electronic media’. Say 
what? Split into six stages, Hook 
also incorporates scenes from the 
original Spielberg movie out on 
\4Sfleo this moijith. Not to 
confused with the, console game 
from Ocean and Sony Imagesoft. 


Publisher Data East 

Automatically adjusting the 
difficulty level to suit a 
player’s skills, Ragtime is a 
bygone biplane blast’em-up 
with gigantic dinosaurs, 
zeppelins, fairground wheels, 
Trojan horses and 
Frankenstein monsters. Use 
yo^r* skyhook Jttscoop up c<jj 
motorbikes and animals for 
extra speed. Got that? |HiB 


mortal kombat 


Publisher Midway 

Surprisingly, Japanese 
publishers haven’t got a 
monopoly on martial arts 
arcade video games. Like 
Tengen’s Pit-Fighter series, 
Mortal Kombat has stunning 
digitised images of the 
combatants. Chicago-based 
Midway was previously 
responsible for the best-selling 
Terminator 2 coin-op. Mortal 
Kombat incorporates a ‘test 
your might’ action sequence 
after every five matches where 
players smash 

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arm champs 2 


Publisher Jaleco 

Test your strength with this 
tough arm wrestling challenge. 
Grim computer opponents like 
Duke, The Rock, Turk, Trixie 
and Specks certainly give you 
a hard time. According to a 
spokesman, Jaleco wants to 
create games that will make 
players laugh and shout in 
excitement. Arm Champs 2 
succeeds on both counts. 


Publisher Jaleco 

Are you sitting comfortably? 
Good, then we can allow 
the carnage to begin. 
Jaleco’s flight of fancy 
comes from the Sega 
school of shoot ’em ups - 
flash, fast and fluid. Trouble 
is, you’ll probably need a 
plaster for your trigger finger 
after a long hard session. 
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Publisher Temco 

Almost 2000 years since the 
previous skirmish, the human race 
sends the last remaining 
battleships to take care of a 
resurrected Gordess. Typical 
release from Tecmo. 


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Publisher Temco 

Probably one of the wackiest 
names yet, right? It even comes 
with extreajply useful instruction: 
like ‘movd^Hr ship to the lefyrf 

the right’, ‘avoid enemy fire’ and 
get powerups’. Hmmm... anothc 
example of dodgy English 
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brilliant fi-360 ? 

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Easily mistaken for a 
background prop out of 
Battlestar Galactica, this baby 
can really move. It also 
sporadically produces bursts 
of steam to scare the crap out 
of you! Apart from that, AS-1 is 
a rather nice simulation ride. 
The idea is, a group of gullible 
punters sit inside this futuristic 
installation and watch a short 
feature film while their seats 
are frantically bounced around 
in relation to what’s being 
shown on the wide-screen. 

With special effects created by 
top Hollywood experts, the 
result is very entertaining. 

Most couch potatoes actually 
suffer from motion sickness 
after having a go on the AS-1. 
Don’t miss it. 


Publisher Capcom 

Remember that classic BBC2 
series, The Water Margin ? 
Capcom must have raided the 
dusty archives for inspiration. 
Warriors of Fate, a cross 
between this martial arts TV 
show and Sega’s Golden Axe 
hack everything to death ’em 
up, is apparently based on 
ancient Chinese fables. Can 
Kaun-Ti and his five greatest 
warriors kick ass? You betcha. 


Publisher Sega 

The star attraction of this 
year’s JAMMA show. Sega 
may have dropped the T out of 
virtual reality but this is the 
only corner they’ve cut in this 
state-of-the-art video game. 

It’s the most realistic driving 
game I’ve ever seen. 

Thanks to a swanky new 
computer graphics board, u m 
Sejga is able to use 
impressive 3D polygon 
shapes and create scenes 
with a natural look and 
feel. As they say in the 
shaving adverts, nothing 
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lethal weapon 3 


Publisher Data East 

These days, any blockbusting 
action movie is magically 

transformed into a 
j pinball machine. 
Lethal Weapon 3 
is no exception. It 
features a sneaky 
hidden levelling 
system ‘designed 
for the operators 
eyes only’, music 
from C&C Music 
Factory and 
speech from 
actors Mel Gibson, 
Danny Glover and 
Joe Pesci. 


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Publisher Taito 

None of that bland buddy 
gameplay is evident in 
the latest Taito blaster, 
where up to four players 
shoot cyborg enemies - 
and one other - with 
futuristic handguns. 
They can go it alone or 
team-up in hunting 
pairs. A neat twist on a 
tired old theme. 


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o 

Comlynx 
sell £150!! 

6pm or swap for SNES including Mario 
or good game. 

O Game Boy, 14 games, carrycase, 

lightboy, soundboy £140 or swap for 
official SNES (British) with 2 games, 
Simpsons, WWF, Popeye 2, Turtles 2, 
Tetris etc. Phone Ben on 0702 714742. 

Q Atari Lynx in good condition with 
Viking Child and Slime World and a 
power supply unit selling for only £100, 
Telephone Sid on 081 202 0523 
(must be local) 

G Sega Master System with five 

games, all for just £60 or swap for quite 
new Game Boy with game(s) tel 021 744 
9485 or write : Matt, 18 Knowland Road, 
Monkspath, Solihull B90 4UG. 

G Mega Drive boxed with Sonic, 
Outrun and PGA Tour Golf. Turbo 
Joypad thrown in. What a bargain at 
£150 ono. Buyer collects. Phone Scott: 
081 893 0455 after 5pm. 

G Game Boy for sale, Tetris and Fist 
of the North Star (beat ’em up) need 
quick sale £40 

G Sega Game Gear and three games 

only £115 ono or will swap for Super 
NES with game 061 483 8592 


G For sale Sega Master System 2 

with Chase HQ, Operation Wolf and 
Soccer also one controller and Light 
Phaser will sell for £80 ono or swap 
for Super NES with Mario Please 
phone 0425 654613 
G For sale Amiga A500, 1 meg 
upgrade new mouse and keyboard 700 
games 100 demos, loads of utilities 
boxed with all manuals worth £2000, 
sell for £500!! Tel 0753 537707 
G For sale Mega Drive, five games 
incl Madden, Donald Duck, Sonic 6 
months old sell for £200 ono. Phone 
Steven after 1 pm 0343 540867 
G Sega Mega Drive for sale, one 
controller, Sonic, £90 ono as new , 
unwanted gift. Phone 0264 357217 after 
six o’clock. 

G Nintendo for sale with two classy 

games. Will swap for a colour handheld 
or will sell for £70 ring Allan 0924 
495428 Yorkshire area. 

O Japanese Mega Drive boxed, 
mint condition + two joypads and three 
games, worth £200 sell for £100, call 
Simon after 6pm 0904 765524, Goose 
Fatima Goat. 

G Game Boy for sale with 14 

games like Robocop 2, Navy Seals, 
Turrican, light Boy, magnifier, all with 
box and instructions, for the lot £180 
Tel 0703 610155 after 5pm. 

G Atari Lynx for sale with adaptor, 
kit case, Comlynx and 4 games, 
Chequered Flag, Chips Challenge, £120 
ono Phone Philip on 031 334 3259 after 
4pm. 

G Atari Lynx2 for sale, two games 

Chequered Flag and Viking Child, still 
boxed and in excellent condition. £110 
ono Tel Phil 0483 810156 

G PC Engine CD rom with 3 games 

and joypad all boxed worth £650 sell 


for £300 if interested phone Alan 
0703262040 or swap for Super NES and 
4 or more games. 

G Atari Lynx boxed five games PSU, 

Comlynx cable, excellent condition 
worth @250 sell for only £120 call 051 
928 9614 after 4pm 

G Amiga with Imeg upgrade, nearly 

100 games, two mice, 3 joysticks, boxed 
as new £300. Also Mega Drive, 5 games 
worth £290 sell for £200. Phone Philip on 
0377 46878 

G Sega Mega Drive, mint condition, 

boxed, Includes arcade powerstick, 4 
games, worth £240, sell for £180 or 
nearest offer. Phone 051 638 0479 
G Lynx for sale and games 
Paperboy, Warbirds, Ninja Gaiden, 
Scrapyard Dog, Ms Pacman , Games 
£15, Lynx £60 Tel 0749 812417 
G Mega Drive games. Five for sale 
£15 each or £55 total, Madden 92, 
Golden Axe, Wonderboy 3, PGA golf, 

Ask for Dave on 021 357 6660, phone 
between 4pm to 10pm, Birmingham. 

G Nintendo NES inc 4 games, Mario 
1,3, Duck Hunt and Simpsons, 5 months 
old still under guarantee £120 081 571 
5827, phone after 4pm 
G Game Boy for sale, 5 games 
including Terminator 2, Bart Simpson, 
two carry cases, link up all worth £220 
sell for £140, Telephone Anthony 
051 428 8080 

G I am selling my Sega Mega Drive 

with 8 games including Fantasia, Rambo 
3, will sell for £250 or swap for Super 
NES Phone 0222 614177 
O Sega Mega Drive, complete with 
all leads, control pad, two games: Sonic 
the Hedgehog and Eswat. All boxed£110 
also James Pond 2 and RoadRash 
games £25 each or everything £150 
Tel 0922 404217 

G Game Boy, rechargeable batteries 

and battery charger, plus five games 
including Battletoads, Tetris, and 
Ducktales. All in new condition £125 or 
swap Game Gear and games. Phone 
0553 829158. 

G Game Gear £175 with three 

games, battery charger, television tuner 
will sell separately, TV tuner £50 , games 
£10-15 will swap G-Gear for G-boy with 
three games call Dominic 0494 722152 
G Game Boy for sale, hardly used, 
with Game light, Battery pack, 
Earphones, luxury carry case and four 
games, including Super Mario Land, 
Mickeys Dangerous Chase. £159 ono Tel 
081 907 7521 

O I will swap my Sega Master 

System and 1 game for your Lynx or 
Game Gear, contact John before 8pm 
not Tuesday on 0204 3812, after 4pm 
G Sega Mega Drive with 5 games, 
two control pads and a very safe price of 
£150. Interested? You should be. So 
rush down to your bank and telephone 
(0462) 437426 

O Mega Drive for sale, two games, 

Altered Beast, Streets of Rage, only 
three months old. Very good condition. 
Fully boxed with instructions manual. All 
wires and guarantee. £115 
G Atari Lynx for sale only £150 with 
Warbirds, California Games and 
Pacland, call now on 0278 732782 
after 4pm 

G Mega Drive for sale, five months 

old with two joypads and five big title 
games for just £180 call Adam on 0279 
426311 after 5pm 

G Nintendo for sale includes three 

games plus two control pads, Sega 
Master System 2 with one control pad 
and two games, both in excellent 
condition £140 telephone Gareth 
on 0423 879655 

O Nintendo Action Set (NES version) 

for sale. Two games, unwanted 
Christmas gift. Excellent condition. £100 
ono. If interested contact Gearoid 


between 4pm and 10pm. 0503 41172 
G Game Boy with 7 games, Tetris, 

Marioland, RC Pro-am, Motocross, 
Maniacs, King of the Zoo, R-Type, 
Double Dragon. Headphones, two player 
lead, Game light , Hard case. All for £120 
call 0436 831929 

O Game Boy maniacs! For sale: 

Game Boy 11 games and connector and 
two cases and headphones, in excellent 
condition. Call 0103031 342620 and ask 
Fotis. Price is £225 or nearest offer, call 
between 2-4pm 

G Handheld PC Engine worth £340 

sell for £250 ono contact David on 
0323 484872 

G Super Nintendo excellent 

condition, best cash offer accepted. 

May consider swap for Mega Drive with 
games. Write to Steve 16 Warwick place, 
Tewkesbury, Glos, GL20 5EG. Please 
include your phone number. 

G NES for sale , joystick zapper and 
caddy, thirteen games, Mario 1,2,3, 

Goal, S.Rattle Roll, Hogan A, plus lots 
more was £455 sell £300, ask for Rod on 
061 797 1210 

G Sega Mega Drive, joypad, Sonic , 

£90, Toejam Earl £25, Desert Strike £30, 
Road Rash £30, The lot for £170 or swap 
for Atari ST. Tel 0326 318003 
G Lynx 2 for sale. Excellent 
condition, three games, includes 
California Games, Slime World, 

Warbirds, Games boxed. Only £140. 
Phone Shaun on Mansfield 0623 795932, 
call between 5pm- 6pm week days only. 
G Game Gear for sale and three 
games, Columns, Super Monaco GP, 
Mickey Mouse and adaptor, all boxed 
sell for £87 call 0487 830879 
G Sega Master System plus for sale 
with Light Phaser, two control pads, five 
games, three built in, worth £170 very 
good condition, sell £100 ono. Phone 
Simon on 0425 72182. 

O For sale Game Boy, five excellent 
games, Battery Pack, headphones, 
linkleads, all boxed, excellent condition, 
worth over £190 sell for just £130 ono 
call 0903 268947 ask for Rob. 

G Gameboy with six games, Battery 
pack, Light, Magnifier, Soft and Hard 
cases, boxed with instructions. Cost 
£245 sell for £160 or offers , call Stephen 
on 0535 644916. 

G Sega Mega Drive for sale with 5 

games, Alien Storm, Golden Axe, Altered 
Beast, John Madden 92, PGA Tour Golf. 
£150 ono phone 0926 425422 phone 
after 12pm ask for Kevin 
G PC Engine CD Rom unit, comes 
with one game , everything boxed and 
little used £155 or swap for SNES titles 
(at least 7) Also SNES games for sale 
0623 759800 

G English Mega Drive, six games, 

J. Maddens, Sonic, Fantasia, M-Mouse, 
Gynoug, A.Storm, extra Turbo joypad, 
converted to run all carts, worth £350, 
sell for £250, ring Mark 0536 711376 
Northants ring after 5pm 
O NES for sale two controllers and 
four games only five months old and still 
boxed only £130, phone 0842 814485 
G NES for sale, three games, Mario 
3, Turtles, Probotector and two joypads, 
£85 ono Tel Jonny 0925 223578 
G Master System, two joypads, 
joystick, Light Phaser and six games 
including Impossible Mission just 
£85,also LYNX, mains adaptor, Gauntlet 
3, just £75 phone James on 0227 830 
320. 

G Mega Drive, four excellent games, 

arcade power stick, control pad, 
Japanese converter, two months old, 
brand new still boxed, excellent working 
condition, £155 call Dave after 1 pm 225 
1753 

G Game Gear with 5 games and 

adaptor, Dixons guarantee valid 
until December £150 telephone 


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Daniel on:- 0872 73761 
© Nintendo for sale with two 

joypads, six top games, excellent 
condition £100 ono phone 0626 53673 
Q LOOK! Sega Master System: with 
light phaser, 3d glasses and 35, yes 
that’s right, thirty five games titles like 
Sonic, Super Kickoff etc, all top games 
system worth almost a grand, to you 
only £400!! 

Q NES Action Set, two joypads, light 

gun with Mario, Duckhunt game 
cartridges, six months old, sell for £65 or 
nearest offer. 

Q Atari Lynx plus one game, Road 

Blaster still boxed £70 ono phone 081 
561 5649 

© Game Gear plus five games, 

Master System converter carry case, still 
boxed £175 ono phone 081 561 5649 
© Nintendo NES American 
converted NES, Advantage joystick, 
seven games, zapper and holder, as new 
boxed £140, phone 081 561 5649 
O NES including eight games, 

Goonies 2, Batman, Metal Gear, Gradius, 
Ikari Warriors, Bubble-Bobble, 
Castlevania, Rygar, ring Jamal on 071 
228 2912 Battersea area. For sale two 
hundred pounds or less 
O Lynx two for sale, mains adaptor 
and Battery pack. Hardly used as 
new.Phone Chris £60 0785813722 
O American Super NES for sale, 
takes Japanese games as well, three 
games including Super Mario World, Joe 
and Mac, Gradius 3 plus a Japanese 
version of Mario, immaculate condition. 
£130 or nearest off 

O Mattel version of Nintendo with 

two control pads plus eight games 
including Bayou Billy, Turtles 1, 

Robocop, system and games in 
excellent condition £90 tel 051 632 5139 
O Sega Master System for sale with 
light phaser joystick and ten games 
including Sonic, Operation Wolf, Outrun 
Europa and California Games worth 
£300 sell for £135 Tel 0295 760233 
© Nintendo, two control pads. All 
leads, five top games. Mario Bros two 
and three, Gradius, Turtles, Ducktales, 
Buyer to collect £150 021 707 5779 
© Gameboy with Tetris, Batman, 
Balloon Kid, Fortress of Fear and 
Gremlins 2, also light boy and Magni 
glass and plug adaptor, two player lead, 
headphones £75 0438 357157 
O Sega Master System 2 for sale, 
includes one joypad, one arcade 
joystick, Sonic, Moonwalker, Mickey 
Mouse and Alex Kidd, all boxed as new 
with a one year guarantee worth £180 
altogether, sell for £130 phone Lewis 907 
9021 after 6pm 

O Sega Game Gear with one game 

for sale boxed and perfect condition 
only £60 ono also free AC Adaptor 
phone Manny on 0215517403 in 
evenings 

O Atari Lynx Boxed with A/C 

adaptor and comlynx cable, good 
condition with three games, California 
Games, Slimeworld and APB, phone 
Colin on 24773 after 5pm £100 
© Will sell Mega Drive with five 
great games, two joypads, four year 
guarantee and accessories, all boxed in 
mint condition, bargain for only £270 
worth over £360 call Greg 0458 832975 
O Atari Lynx 2, three games, 
Zendecon, Klax, Scrapyard Dog. A/C 
Adaptor, £100 ono or swap for Game 
Boy or Game Gear with 2/3 games. 
Phone Stephen on 0282 8816609 
O Sega Mega Drive for sale with 
five great games, a Japanese adaptor, 
magazines and two joysticks all for £140 
please call David 0858 463715, all offers 
considered especially Famicom swaps. 

O Nintendo NES complete with 
three games and a light gun £85 ono 
phone Rob now on 0268 783171 


© Nintendo NES, boxed as new for 

sale £80 includes two joypads, 
advantage power joystick and lightgun 
with three games- Super Mario 1 and 3 
and Duckhunt, call Nick on 081 950 0194 
© Lynx 2 with four games including 
Ninja Gaiden, Road Blasters also A/C 
adaptor all boxed for £130 ono or swap 
for SNES with Mario. Phone Anthony on 
0925 824718 

© Gameboy with four games, 

magnifier light, hard carrycase £110 ono 
or may swap for Atari Lynx with four 
games and PSU buyer must collect due 
to previous ripoff tel 0706 210654 
O Mega Drive with ten games 
including Shinobi, Maddens, Tazmania, 
Mercs, Ghouls and Ghosts etc. Also two 
joypads, excellent condition, everything 
boxed. Swap for Amiga or sell, offers, tel 
081 551 6081 

O UK Game Gear for sale with nine 

games and AC adaptor, games including 
Super Kick Off, Sonic, Donald Duck and 
Pac man will sell for around £225 call 
069185 339 now! 

© Master System 2 with one joypad, 

light gun, three games, Alex Kidd, Kung 
Fu Kid, will sell £80 if interested phone 
Lee on 031 663 8718 
© Japanese Scart Mega Drive plus 
ten top games including Sonic, 
Thunderforce 3, Mickey Mouse etc plus 
one pad plus one joystick.£250 phone 
Marc, 081 892 8441 
O Game Gear with mains adaptor 
for sale, 3 months old with Columns, 
Ninja Gaiden, Sonic, Monaco GP, 
Wonderboy £130 Contact Russell Mardle 
after 6pm on 0256 840693 
© Sega Master System with ten 
games including Shinobi, Gauntlet, 
lightgun with Rambo 3, Gangster town, 
joystick and two pads phone after 5pm 
£150 the lot no offers. 

O English Mega Drive for sale with 
eleven great games all boxed with one 
controller for quick sale £250 phone Ben 
on 0932 842946 Weybridge after 5pm 
© Sega Master System 2 , Control 
pads , phaser, control stick, boxed, nine 
cartridge games and 2 built in including 
Sonic, Columns, Rambo 3 £170,write to 
G. England 165 Whitmore Way Basildon 
Essex SSI 4 2TJ 

O Atari Lynx for sale including 

California Games, Gauntlet, Paperboy, 
Kitcase ,Mains adaptor, and Comlynx 
£105 phone Toby on 0734 666018 after 
4pm otherwise swap for Game Gear with 
Sonic 

O Game Gear with wide Gear and 

seven games including Sonic, Shinobi, 
Donald Duck, sell for £150 phone Paul 
081 530 3767 

O Sega Master System 2 including 

Sonic, Donald Duck, Shinobi, Alex Kidd 
and two control pads all boxed worth 
£156. Sell for £100 no offers, call Aound 
3 Willow Rd, Enisborough. 

O Atari Lynx 2 for sale includes 
Ninja Gaiden cart, Sun visor and a mains 
adaptor, all for only £80 phone Paul on 
021 743 8367 

O Scart Super Famicom and one 

game, joypads power supply, mint 
condition £110 tel 0443 430042 ask for 
Craig 

O Stop! read this advert and pick up 

an excellent bargain. Lynx plus six 
games including Pacland, APB, 
Paperboy, complete with PSU and 
carrying case £10 ono Phone Joe 0222 
568658 

© Game Boy for sale, twelve games 

including FI race, SML, Nemesis, also 
magnifier, Nuby Game light and two 
cases, all boxed, mint condition. Worth 
£450 sell for only £250 phone 0935 
78757 

© Lynx for sale includes four games 

Xenophobe, Klax, Blue Lightning and 
California Games and carry case only 


£110 ono phone Mat on 0784 4588708 
O Mega Drive for sale, good 

condition with two games - Mickey 
Mouse and PGA Tour Golf, bargain £100 
tel 0268 728334 

O Nintendo plus Super Mario 1 & 2, 

Duck tales and Roller games worth £200, 
sell for £99 phone Andrew on 0420 
83264 

O Atari Lynx for sale only 5 months 

old. Includes two games, Chequered flag 
and Warbirds worth £145 will sell for 
£100 Phone Guy on 0580 841723 after 
5pm 

O Nintendo with zapper and eight 

games Mario 1, Duck Hunt, World Cup, 
Mario 3, Turtles, Simpsons and Barman 
only £150 Zelda, Gauntlet also phone 
081 681 7516 anytime ask for David 
© Sega Master System two, three 
games including Ninja, long plug, TV, 
two Sega Power Mags, phone 4279793 
and ask for Idene, will sell for a £190, 
great bargain. 

© Atari Lynx and seven games for 

sale, include mains adaptor, cigarette 
lighter adaptor, comlynx, scratch guard 
and kitcase, games includeed 
Chequered Flag, all for £180 phone 
081 530 4997 

O Mega Drive UK plus joypads, 

boxed as new, with eleven games - 
Desert Strike, JM 92, Streets of Rage 
etc, worth £526 sell for £300 please 
contact Nik on 0483 756521 
O NES boxed with two controllers, 
games case , six games, Super Mario 
two, Paperboy, Turtles, Super Off Road, 
Gremlins two, World Cup, swap for 
Mega Drive with 3 games or £140 0533 
358936 



O Japanese Mega Drive for sale, 

runs all carts, four games NHL Hockey, 
Spider man, J Madden 92 and Sonic, two 
joypads and Pro 2 joypad, will sell for 
£130 ono or swap for Super NES and 
one game tel 0782 643136 ask for 
James. 

O For Sale Mega Drive with three 

games including Road Rash, Sonic the 
Hedgehog and Castle of Illusion, 
immaculate and boxed only six months 
old going for £120 0403 782 193 
O Sega Master System, includes 
three games, Dick Tracy, World Soccer 
and Alex Kidd. Boxed as new, still under 
guarantee, cost £140 new, will sell £100 
phone Steve on 0835 63788 
© Master System % for sale with 
four games including Sonic and Donald 
Duck.&e II for £85 ono fully |oxe^or 
swap 


Contact Ale^n 0203 465 683 see you!! 

O For sale NES games. Metroid £15. 
Turtles £20. Robocop £20. A boy and his 
Blob £15. If interested phone 0635 
200758 after 4pm and ask for Adam. 

O ABBA! only joking. Master System 
games. Sonic £15, Casino Games £15, 
Rambo 3 £5, Columns £15 Thunderblade 
£10 Boxed and instructions RFU £3 Tel 
0268 281492 


© 3 Game Gear games for sale £10 

each or £25 for all or swap for a good 
Joystick/Pad for Megadrive. Phone 
021 624 3158 


© Super Nintendo games. Final 

Fight, Un Squadron, Mystical Ninja, 
Lemmings, Joe and Mac, Super Ghouls 
n Ghosts, Super Wrestlemania, £30 
each. US versions, Call Timothy 


on 0462 482652 


O PC Engine: Splatterhouse 

(unused) £40 ono, Heavy Unit £35 ono, 
Gameboy £65 ono with Star Trek, 
Simpsons, Tetris and battery recharger. 

© Megadrive carts. For sale or 

swap. Crackdown, Darwin(4010), 
Cyberball, Dick Tracy, Fatal Rewind, 
offers and swaps to Alan on (0909) 
731501 after£pm (anything considered) 

© Megadrive and Famicom games! 

You name the game, you name the price, 
I say ok or no way!! Phone 0707 59908 
and ask for Dav 



O Wanted Mega I 

games, £5-20. Plus Game Boy or Game 
Gear wanted with games. Contact J. 
Grimshaw, 32 Seascale Close, 

Blackburn, Lancs. BB2 3TP ASAP. 

O Look! I desperately need Toki for 
my Lynx will buy or swap for California 
Games or Electrocop. Phone (0590) 
679833 and ask for James 
O Mega Drive Games wanted. Will 
pay up to £20 for each game. If 
interested call Philip on (0704) 514900 
anytime after 4 pm. 

O Game Boy games wanted. Boxed 

and in good condition. Send lists and 
prices to: Lee, 3 Newham Ave, Ripley, 
Derbys. DE5 3GY. 

© Wanted: Game Boy, Game Gear, or 

Lynx games. Will pay £10 to £15 each. 
Ring Craig on 0376 343432 (evenings 
only.) 

© Game Boy wanted with game(s), 

will pay £50. Phone (0539) 620417 and 
ask for Robert. 

O Wanted: Second hand Lynx games 

- preferably shoot ’em ups. Will pay £13 
per game. Also Midlands Lynx contacts. 
Contact: Alex, 88 Mount Pleasant Road, 
Castle Gresley, Derbyshire, DE11 9JG 
and please - no time wasters! 

O Sega Master system games 
wanted. I am willing to pay £7-12 for a 
game, please phone me at (0252) 712062 
after six o’clock (ask for Mathew) Please 
phone! 

O Wanted: Atari Lynx 2 plus any 

shoot ’em ups. £50 for Lynx and £10 a 
game. Zendecon if possible. Will travel 
anywhere in 081 area to collect. Phone 


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at customs 

ere at Game Zone we’ve got our own resident HM 
Customs official, Major Susan Farquar (he’s a bloke with 
a girl’s name, just like that TV doctor called Hilary). 
Anyway, just in case you’re a new reader we’d better 
explain exactly what it is that we do here... You send 
us a photograph of yourself (or a friend or relative) taken on 
one of those passport photo machines - and this photo 
must be one you’d be prepared to actually use in a 
passport. We then pass the photo over to Major Susan, 
who tells us what would happen if the person concerned 
tried to get back into the country through his customs 
desk. 



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First up, from Catherine Bradshaw of 
Driffield in North Humberside, we were 
M sent a photograph of... well, we’ll let her 

explain: “Dear Twilight Zone, enclosed is a 
passport photo of my friend Scott Hoggard, who 
looks as if he’s under the influence of alcohol. 

Evidence: he’s wearing a Leeds United top. (Mind 
you, he always does). I think he should be left in prison 
to rot.” So over to the Major. What does the expert say? 

There are many 

m] things we Customs Officials look for when we open 
I people’s passports, and this chap is displaying two 

excellent examples: (a) a football shirt and (b) an attitude... 
grounds and that looks to me to be a Leeds United football shirt, which doubles 
for this particular crime. The thing is, this passport photo will be staring up at 

SUSPICION: me out of the actual passport and saying “Hey you, you muthaf****** 

customs official, take these two numero unos and stick’em where the sun 
don’t shine,” but when I look at the actual person who owns the passport I 
can be pretty sure that he will be behaving fairly well - in the flesh his 
behaviour will appear to be perfectly acceptable. And it’s not surprising, 
because he’ll probably be in the middle of smuggling nine bottles of 
scotch and a flicknife back into the country. But you pay for your passport 
photos, believe you me, and in the case of this chap payment would be in 
the form of a stripsearch (using barbed wire gloves and an anvil) followed 
by a fairly serious beating. (Or ‘an unfortunate and unavoidable accident in 
the showers’ as we say to the press). 

Next up someone who forgot to include their name 
(clot) of Kingston in Surrey has enclosed a picture of 
their sister, Mel. Not a lot of information to go on, you may 
I think - but don’t forget, Major Susan never has any 
I information to go on when he’s at work... it’s all snap 
1 decisions based on a lifetime of experience. So what does 
I he reckon here? 


The New Improved Twilight Zone. 

Yes, it’s here - the all new Twilight 
Zone ‘Refill Pack’. Every month you’ll 
be getting 33% less, which means the 
whole Twilight Zone reading experience 
is now 87% friendlier to the environment... 
and actually saves you money too. ‘Less 
waste, more paste’ as a slightly useless 
television advertising type person might 
say. And the address to send stuff to? 
The same as always, as it happens: 
The New Improved Twilight Zone, 
Game Zone, IS Bolsover Street, 
London W 1 P 7HJ. 




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A lot of lesser 

I customs officials, when faced with a passport photo like 
m this, might think “Oh, she’s so sweet, pretty and innocent 
V that she can pass through unhindered.” But not me. After 
1 having looked for football shirts and attitudes, I then look 
■ for ‘butter wouldn’t melt in my mouth’ expressions. And this 
is a prime example of one of those. On my very first day on the job, 35 
years ago, a very similar passport holder tried to get past my position, but 
just so happened to be caught up in a purely random baggage check. It 
was the unluckiest day of her life. Inside her bags? Eight tons of cannabis 
resin shaped into a model of the Eiffel Tower, five hundred million pounds 
in counterfeit currency stuffed inside a cuddly toy and a small but 
incredibly powerful nuclear warhead hidden in a pencil case. The young 
lass in the photo I have just been given would be escorted straight into the 
back room - her feet wouldn’t even touch the ground. 

Lastly we have a note from Dave, Jay, Doobbie and 
Ford of Lake View, Northampton... “Dear Twilight Zone, 
our mate Edd thinks he’s God’s gift to women - but we think 
■ not. Please show his passport photo to Major Susan, as his 
comments would be greatly appreciated.” Over to the Major 
i WU without delay. 

lyijAuJI R SUSmJN SASfSi Thislsrings to 
| mind a film I watched the other day on television, called 
Return To The Planet Of The Apes. Is this the actor, I 
wonder, who played Galen the ape? The resemblance is 
uncanny, you have to admit. If this did prove to be the same 
actor then I would have to assume he was carrying cocaine 
somewhere about his person (most American actors do from 
my experience). Still, if he would be willing to give me his autograph then I 
might let him pass without the stripsearch and adverse newspaper 
publicity - I’d ‘turn a blind eye’ you might say, for favours returned. 
However, if this turned out NOT to be the actor who played Galen the ape 
in Return To The Planet Of The Apes then it would be ‘falling down in the 
showers time’ for sure. 



the optical illusion zone 

The part of Game Zone where all is not as 
it first appears. Have a look at the diagram 
and try and answer the question. Then 
have a look at the upside-down answer 
beneath... you could be in for a big 
surprise. 

Can you see the written 
message formed by the five matchsticks on 
the right? Try blurring your eyes. Can you 
see it now? 

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Y ou Game Zone readers are excellent, you really are: you’re all excellent at making 
useless models. There is the odd exception, fair enough, but by and large you’re all 
about as talented as Billy Ray Cyrus. In other words not. But why take our word for it 
when instead you can see how things go down in an actual court of law? Because that’s 
what we do... every month we have a court case with your models (and drawings) as the 
exhibits. We’re the counsel for the prosecution, we’re the counsel for the defence, we’re the 
judge, and - to make things fair (about time. Ed) - you’re the jury. Silence in court... 


EXHIBITS A(i) & A(ii) 


THE PROSECUTION: M’lud, today’s first defendant is Andrew Stubbs of Haslington in 
Cheshire, and he’s guilty of two crimes... 

THE DEFENCE: Your Honour, I really must protest - my learned colleague begins his case by saying 
the defendant is guilty of two crimes. Surely the whole point of our justice system is that a defendant is 
innocent until proved guilty... 

THE PROSECUTION: Proof is not hard to find, m’lud. We have a paper Game Boy (which after a few 
days with Royal Mail would be more accurately referred to as a paper Flat Boy) and a picture of a 
Speedball player with funny feet. 

THE DEFENCE: M’lud, yet again we have the prosecution imposing his blinkered opinions on the jury. 
It is his ‘opinion’ the Speedball player has funny feet. 

THE PROSECUTION: Oh, I see. So my learned colleague has feet like that does he? 

THE DEFENCE: I didn’t say that, but... 



EXHIBIT B 


THE PROSECUTION: M’lud, Marc Crouch of Fulham 
in London has enclosed something which is neither a 
drawing nor a model... 

THE DEFENCE: Your Honour, again I must protest: you 
could equally well say that Marc’s model is both a drawing 
and a model. It is (and I quote) “A stunning 3D picture of a 
superhero electrocuting someone with his incredible 
superpowers.” 

THE PROSECUTION: The word ‘stunning’ is under debate 
here, m’lud. 

THE DEFENCE: The work is bold, Your Honour. Brave 
strokes of crayon and the ‘folding-out’ facility literally bring 
this piece to life. It fills my soul with excitement. 

THE PROSECUTION: “Brave strokes of crayon”? “Filling 
my soul with excitement”? M’lud, I put it to you that my 
learned colleague is a ponce. 

So what do you all think? And more importantly do you 
reckon you could do any better? Just as well we’ve got 
a coupon then, isn’t it? Send in a model (of anything, 
using any material you like) or a drawing (of anything, 
using any medium you like) and you could go on trial 
too. Fame, mild humiliation and a free badge - all in 
one fell swoop. Can’t be bad. 


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do you? Then let’s see what the Crap 
Model Court make of my offering. In the 
meantime, here are my findings of this 
month’s case... 

Andrew Stubbs 
Not being able to draw feet 


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0cean/£29.99 • In spite of a very good film, this • 
is a very poor film licence, with all the sparkle of • 
a week old kipper. Poor graphics and appalling • 
music coupled with one of the worst playability 
and control systems that you could hope to see. • 
twoid. oo 


Nintendo/£43.99 • Smart platformy kinda game 
with enough varied action to keep most people 
busy for a very long time. Check it out. 

O00O0 M M 


Nintendo/£39.99 • A mythic adventure game 
which you must trog round acting in a heroic 
way. Good battling fun. O 0 0 


Nintendo/£39.99 • Might be bad dudes, but this 
isn’t a bad game. Well actually it is a bad game, 
but not a baaddd gai® You know what I mean. 

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THE BOY AND HIS BLOB (NES) 


W ith more games around 
than you could shake a 
jolly large stick at you 
can’t risk venturing out 
without our definitive list of 
Nintendo games. If you want 
to grab a cart for your SNES, 
NES or Game Boy then check 
out this section first. Each 
game gets a short review and 
a score - Here’s a guide to the 
scores on the doors. (Except 
there aren't any doors.) 

Games so good that we 
lUSBu dare not gauge their 
SOME greatness get one off 
these - Mega Zone. 

00600 Essential buy 
0600 Well worth a blast 
OOO Mediocresville Arizona 
OO Seriously dodgy wodgy 
O About as much fun as the 
offside trap. 


Battle Of Olympus 

Nintendo/£34.99 • Graphic adventure game 
that fails to deliver. Not really worth the high 
price tag, due to very frustrating gameplay. O0 


Sunsoft/£44.99 • More action than a very 
action packed thing. You play the caped crusader 
in his one man mission to clean up Gotham City. 
Smart game. O00O 


Tradewest/£42.99 • Totally 
amazing game with 
■ 11/ I-l everyone’s favourite 

amphibians, Zitz, Rash and 


.._• Average game, full of 

average gameplay and average graphics. Ho 
hum. • ee 


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ii/£34.99 • Multi-level action adventure 
:h you must fight, shoot and drive your way 
i to save your kidnapped girlfriend. 


Blades Of Stiwl 


Konami/£34.99 • Ice hockey sim which comes 
into its own in two player mode. Dodgy skill 
levels, in one player mode, make the game either 
impossible or a walkover. Not that much fun on 
your own, but a great game if you’ve someone to 
play with. OOO 

Blaster Master 

Sunsoft/£34.99 • In Blaster Master you play 
Jason whose pet frog makes a bid for froggy 
freedom. However on his way he rather 
unfortunately stumbles across some radioactive 
waste and becomes a glowing nuclear frog. One 
of the best platform, puzzle games that has been 
seen in some time. A truly great NES game, catch 
it before it sells out. Garlic sauce anyone? 

O00O0 


Nintendo/£39.99 • Ker splat, ker pow. What a 
load of crap. O0 

Boulder Dash 

Nintendo/£29.99 • Ancient dig out maze game 
that has spawned a million copies. None of which 
are quite as good as the original. Mindless 
addictive fun. oeeo 


The Boy And Ms Blob 

Nintendo/£34.99 • Pretty weird kinda platform 
game in which you and your pet blob wander 
round in search of all things blob-like. (Very weird 
if you ask me. Ed.) By feeding your pet shape 
different jelly beans he’ll change and can be used 
for different tasks. Smart. Original and addictive. 
00600 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Classic old platform game, 
rather mind-numbing and uneventful, but a 
classic none the less. O 0 0 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Featuring everybody’s fave 
casserole ingredient, BB’s SB turns out to be 
something of a let down. Serious waste of a good 
licence. O 0 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Deep space blaster that is 
okay, for what it is. It just isn’t anything much. 

O00 


MB Games/£34.99 • It’s got poor graphics, 
annoying sound and wobbly gameplay, so unless 
you’ve nothing else to do with your £35, invest in 
something else. O 

Cantata Skyhawk 

Milton Bradley/£34.99 • A cross between a 
flight simulator and shoot ’em-up. However 
Captain Skyhawk is sadly let down by the worst 
gameplay you are ever likely to see. O 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Brill arcade adventure, finds 
you playing a vampire-hunting, whip-toting hero, 
who has particulary brave trousers. Check it out. 

O 0 0 O 


Konami/£35.00 • Good graphics and a fair belt 
of playability more than make up for the rather 
obvious limitations of the NES. Worth a look if 
whip-cracking is your bag. O00O 


Konami/£35.00 • The best of the bunch finds 


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Nintendo/£35 • Smart puzzle game that is just 
a bit too easy. Four of the fwgfevels can be 
completed at the first sitting, the fifth not long 
after. Looks nice though. 006 


Nintendo/£29.99 • ‘My name is Spade, Sam 
Spade.' Arcade adventure game that finds you in 
the shoes of a private detective. Loads of 
platforms. 006 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Famous character, famous 
game. Well worth looking into. 0060 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Nothing new, nothing 
exciting, nothing worth playing. O 0 


Camarica/£39.99 • The basic idea is little more 
than a top down racing game that works very 
well. You race little cars, boats, planes etc round 
The breakfast table, the garden or even the bath. 
Addictive, fast and fun. O00O0 


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young Mr Belmont off and 
running again in an 
attempt to do a quick 
dentistry job on the dude 
with the secondhand 
magician’s cape. Loads of 
nice graphics and level 
variations make it worth a 
look. 00606 


Elite/£35 • Loads of 
platformy action abounds in this prehistoric jape. 
Some bits are hard, some bits are easy. The 
whole game leaves you feeling nicely happy 
rather than overjoyed at shelling out nearly £40. 

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Crack Out 

Nintendo/£34.99 • Okay kinda cart, but maybe 
only for serious NES fanatics. Check it out at your 
peril. O00 

Days Of Tlunder 

Nintendo/£42.99 • Bloomin’ expensive and also 
a fair bit crap. Take heed and avoid it as if it were 
a pile of dog do. O 

Defender Of The Crown 

Palcom/£44.99 • Ever fancied ruling the whole 
of ye olde England, having people at your beck 
and call and being quite unpleasant to one and 
all? If you have, then Defender Of The Crown is 
for you. Above average game. Worth a peek. 

0900 

Digger T Rock 

MB Games/£39.99 • Loveable Digger runs ancU 
digs around for all he's worth. The animation i|4 
okay, so’s the sound. Actually the whole thing is 
okay rather than gob-smackingly good. 

ogo 

He Hard 

Activision/£29.99 • Surprisingly okay game. 
With a fair thwack of both shoot ’em-up bits and 
thinky bits. Only slight prob may be that it’s a bit 
easy. OQGO 

Donkey Kong Classic 

Nintendo/£24.99 • More of interest to people 
who want to see Mario in his first ever 
incarnation than to serious games player. Old 
game, old ideas. O0 

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Nintendo/£39.99 • Below par beat ’em-up, 
with poor graphics and frustratingfplayability. 

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Nintendo/£39.99 • Not quite as good as the 

original, if that’s possible. O 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Average basketball game, 
that suffers badly from sprite flicker. OG 

Dr Mario 

Nintendo/£34.99 • NES version of Columns. 


Okay game, just a bit expensive for what is 
basically a very simple game. OGG 

Dragon's Lair 

Elite/£39.99 • Classic animated adventure. Very 
difficult and very complex with some amazing 
graphics. OGGO0 

Duck Hunt 

Nintendo/£29.99 • Poor light gun game, that 
finds you shooting grouse. Crap and ideologically 
unsound too. Nice one Nintendo. O 

Duck Tales 

Nintendo/£44.99 • Disney licence that features 
assorted famous ducks, in an average arcade 
adventure. Good game, but is it really worth £45? 

O00O 


Acclaim/£34.99 • Average NES racing cart, not 
bad, not good, kind of in the middle actually. 

OGG 

Four Player Tennis _ 

Nintendo/£34.99 • Anyone for tennis?JFpur play 
link up makes this game, so only really good for 
people with friends. Don’t forget to stock up on 
the Robinson’s Lemon Barley Water. 006 

Gauntlet 2 

Nintendo/£42.99 • Not unlike Gauntlet, in fact, 
almost exactly the same as it. Good fun at the 
time, but that was a long time ago. O 0 0 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Classic multi-level, arcade- 
style adventure game. Rescue the princess and 
kill the monsters. 0000 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Say’s it all really. Okay 
graphics and a surprisingly good gameplay 
makes this one of the more worthwhile sports 
games on the NES. O00O 


Sunsoft/£20 • An arcade adventure,with 
extremely nifty graphics and puzzles, which keep 
both your mind as well as your mitts busy. Highly 
addictive. O00O0 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Wild West, commando-style 
shoot 'em-up adventure, with items to collect and 
enemies to remove. Nothing new. O 0 0 


Trade West/£22.99 • Playable pinball game 
better than PinBot, but nowhere near the same 
league as Devil Crash, f 


Hi Tec/£34.99 • Potentially a very good game, 


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nes open tournament golf 

★ Nintendo/£29.99 • First reviewed back in 
WEGR Game Zone Nine, NES Golf really does 
WCTg a jgi deserve to be NES game of the month. 

—Despite being full of super sweet graphics 
and that plumber, it actually turns out to be not only the 
best golf game on the NES, but also the best sports sim 
of any type. Superb control and club range make this a 
more than worthy game to check out. 


but ruined by both poor graphics and sound. 
Nowhere near as good as the Game Boy version. 

O00 


Nintendo/£39.99 • Above average adventure 
game. Low on originality but well put together. 

O 0 0 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Run around and shoot 
things. Not bad for what it is, it just isn’t very 
much. O 0 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Lesser of the two NES golf 
games, but for all that, not a bad outing over the 

links. OGG 

Jackie Chants Action King Fu 

Nintendo/£39.99 • With a title like Action Kung 
Fu, there can be little doubt what this game is all 
about. It’s hardly a flower arranging sim is it? 
Smart graphics, animation and a playing area the 
size of Wales, this is a bit of a beat 'em-up 
classic. O00O0 


Nintindo/£34.99 • Original beat em-up, 
featuring the combat skills of an ancient Oriental 
form of theatre. More exciting than it 

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Kick Oft 

lmagineer/£39.99 • Worst of the Kick Off 
Versions with the possible exception of the Game 
Boy rehash. Lacking any sense of intelligent 
gameplay and with ‘sticky’ player control, the 
Kick Off winning formula is all but ruined. All very 
disappointing. o 0 r 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Not, as you might at first 
have expected, a flower arranging simjHjfabeat 
'em-up. (No! Ed.) Nothing special. Q 

Legend 01 Zeida ^^5 

Nintendo/£39.99 • Classic arcade adventure • 
that still retains a very high degree of both 
playability and addictiveness. If you haven’t got 
it, go buy it. 00090 

Life Force 

Konami/£24.99 • This is a conversion of the 
coin-op classic Salamander. It has one or two 
player mode with even levels scrolling vertically 
and odd levels scrolling horizontally. Life Force is 
one of the best games youcan buy for the 
Nintendo. O00C - 

little I 

Nintendo/£29.99 • Based on an ancient early 
40s cartoon, Little Nemo turns out to be 
surprisingly good. Nice graphic touches and a 
challenging learning curve result in a game thatJ 
you will come back to time after time. 

O0OO 


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Nintendo/£34.99 • Initially unpromising game 
comes good the more you play it. Pretty standard 
platform fare with nothing particularly original. 

On the plus side, Low-G-Man is fast, well 
animated and really quite addictive. In fact it’s 
not bad stuff at all. 0600 


• Possibly a fine game, but 
there is little justification for the ridiculously high 
cover price. Nearly £80 for a game ijfjust not on. 
Maniac Mansions is placed very firmly in 
Nintendo rip off land. O0 


MB Games/£39.99 • Remember those old 
games that used to come in a wooden box? The 
ones where you had to guide a little metal ball 
round a maze? Now it’s gone high tech and MB 
have converted it to the NES and jolly good it is 
too. O 0 0 o 


Capcom/£44.99 • This is a 
dream game, a true stonker. 
NES owners should put it to 
the t0 P of their must have ’ 

is , jst immediate |y. Megaman II. 
_ (usually for a sequel, has playability written all 
xiver it. It also boasts very neat graphics and 
sound, which means you have something nice to 
look at while you play it long into the night. 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Yet 

‘ another outing for that oh so 
eet, oh so cuddly, gun- 
totting maniac who wil1 blow 
your head off soon as look at 
yer. All good fun. Once more you must stand up 
to eight of the meanest, weirdest basts around, 
^angel^oaictive, smart stuff. 


Konami/£39.99 • Above average arcade 
adventure where you’re out to rescue Dr 0 and 
destroy the Sinister 7 hide-out. Slick, addictive 
little number; excellent gameplay outweighs the 
slightly wobbly graphics. 

O00O 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Little more than an average 
outing for the evil Vigo and those busters of 
ghosts. Nothing special, and if truth be told, the 
whole shebang was a lot better on the Game Boy. 

OGG 

New Zealand Story 

Nintendo/£42.99 • Cute 
platforms abound down under 
Ilf I *.rJ ll with that sweet little Kiwi. 

Smart conversion of a smart 

game However unlike rea | 

Kiwis there is absolutely no singing of rugby 
songs, beer drinking or vomiting. Who needs 
wings, when you’ve got a game like this? 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Average footie game, that is 
let down by very poor sprite management and 
animation. O0 


lnfogrames/£tba • Strategy game with loads of 
arcade sequences. You get to play one of the 
sides in the American Civil War and then try and 
kill the other. Great fun all round. Super game, 
especially fun in two player mode because then 
you can try and kill a friend. O 0 0 © 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Jolly japes while you throw 
assorted papers through windows and into mail 
boxes. The odd perspective makes it almost 
unplayable. 0 

PH Dot 

Rare/£34.99 • Pinball simulator which manages 
to convey the feel and playability of a table. 

O 0 0 o 


Nintendo/£19.99 • Cheap game, but only 
because it ain’t no good. You play the spinach 
muncher in a graphic adventure. O 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Fly some things, shoot 
others and then collect the occasional power-up. 
Wake me up when it’s over. O0 


Konami/£34.99 • After mastering the odd 
control system this game holds little to challenge 
any games player. Not really worth the price. 

OGG 

Rad Gravity 

Activision/£34.99 • A challenging graphic 
adventure with a huge playing area. High on 
originality and humour, with the technical back¬ 
up of superb sound and graphics. Will keep you 
going for hours. 00090 

Rad Racer 

Nintendo/£29.99 • Poor motor racing game. 
Pathetically easy and with no long term 
challenge. O 


0cean/£42.99 • Disappointing version of the old 


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* Nintendo/£34.99 • The best game around 
mEGfi for the SNES, or come to that any console 


r '9 ht now. Superb graphics coupled with a 
/Z.UIIN|t true> cann ot put down playability factor 
makes this a classic that can’t be beat. The game that 
caused riots in Japan looks set to create the same fuss 
here. A brill graphic adventure, a brill game, just plain 
brill. (I think we get the idea. Ed) 


games guide 


classic. Not terribly 
good graphics or 
animation coupled with 
easy playability, means 
that instead of “Wow!” 
you’re left feeling,“So 

what?” 00 © 

Rescue 


Capcom/£34.99 • 

and cuddly platform action from those two 
cuties, Chip and Dale. Nothing new, but 
for a few hours. ©00© 

iiuttue: Embassy Mission 

IVbFIWPWNPB UIHVIIWj 

Kemco/£34.99 • Remember the Iranian 
embassy siege in the early Eighties? This is the 
video game of that international incident. The 
Iranian embassy is never mentioned but the 
connection is obvious. It’s a rather sick idea but it 
translates into a good game nevertheless. 

oe©o 

RoadHgfttar 

Palcom/£19.99 • Sad excuse for a racing game. 
Dodgy graphics, animation and gameplay makes 
even the low cover price no excuse. Avoid. O 

G3HD RoUl Hood - 


Mindscape/£23.99 • Above average console 
r.p.g. that boasts some very effective perspective 
switches. You play Robin in his quest to journey 
back from the Holy lands, form a band of happy 
outlaws and put England back on the road to 
greatness. A smart cart. ©00© 


Data East/£42.99 • A very pale conversion of 
the best selling computer game which doesn’t do 
justice to the film. Poor animation, lousy sound 
and awful gameplay makes RoboCop a real 
stinker. O 


Jaleco/£29.95 • A dull and dated concept with 
very little to justify the price. O 


Nintendo/£39.99 • This rollerskate bound beat 
'em-up rises above the average offering thanks 
to some smart graphic touches. O0O 


Rush V Attack 


Konami/£22.95 • Horizontally scrolling, kill- 
everything-that-moves multi-level adventure. 
Spread over six increasingly difficult levels. 

000 

Gate 

Nintendo/£49.99 • Adventure time. All a bit 
taxing with loads of thinking and very little out ’n’ 
out action but worthwhile if adventures are your 

thing. O00O 


the arcade smash, but with some playability to be 
rescued. A brave attempt at an out and out NES 
shoot ’em-up. 006 

Snake Rattle IV Rol 

Rare/£29.99 • Original 3D platform adventure 
with sound graphics and animation, all of a high 
standard plus excellent playability. Well worth the 
moolah. O00O0 

Snakes' Revenge 

Konami/£39.99 • Yuk. What a pile of smelly 
brown stuff. You’d be better advised to eat your 
week-old socks than play Snakes’ Revenge. 

Avoid like the plague. © 


• the sand, but don’t really like getting grit in yer 

• kacks, then V’Ball is for you. A nifty sports sim. 

• Good control, sound and a surprisingly varied 

• range of graphics gives you something nice to 

• look at. O00O 


Acclaim/£34.99 • A rather unusual offering 
from the regular purveyors of film and telly 
licences, this well-structured RPG adventure 
contains all the usual RPG goodies. More suited 
to Dungeons And Dragons freaks. O 0 0 


Tradewest/£29.99 • Little 
fj|T7iJn' new in the gameplay, but the 
IIII In 11 high standard of graphics and 

'TZfrMn 7 sound kee P the Jetpac 
ZfsLJLMLs tradition alive. 

SOiSUCfi 

lmagesoft/£34.99 • Hmm. This is a pale version 
of Cadaver which lacks the necessary oomph to 
lift it beyond averageness. Poor puzzles that are 
too few and too easy. Not much good at all. 

O0 


Nintendo/£39.95 • This superbly designed 

# game holds many surprises. Excellent animation 

# and sound add to marvellous gameplay. A worthy 

# addition to any games library. O00O0 

: TMHTI 

# Konami/£39.99 • Once again that dumb bim, 

# April O’Neil, has got herself kidnapped by 

# Shredder and it’s up to the green dudes to rescue 

# her. Uneven beat ’em-up, which unfortunately 
suffers from sprite flicker, but still a merry jaunt. 

O00O 


Lucasfilms/£49.99 • Superb 
conversion of the classic 
Seventies movie, it follows 


IIIam 

star wars 

Tiife 

the P |ot of the f' ,m closely and 

ZfiLJUNlLS stars a( | your f gve space 

chums in battle against that deadly dude, Darth 
Vadar. This huge and highly addictive arcade 
adventure is set across three worlds, utilises 
three different kinds of gameplay from platfo rm J 
puzzler to space born shoot ’em-up and even 
includes an element of RP6. A veritable g< I 
entertainment awaits. 

Stealth ATT 

Nintendo/£34.99 • Above average shoot ’em-up 
that has longer lasting appeal than might at first 
be expected. O 0 0 


Acctaim/£34.99 • Promising-looking opening 
all too quickly gives way to rather thin and tad 
too easy gameplay. Nice graphics and excellent 
inter-level screens do add to this game’s feel. But 
do you really want to fork out a load of dosh on g 
something you’ll probably finish infthe first few 
sittings? O 0 0 © 


• Nintendo/£29.99 • If you don’t know what this 

* one’s like then you should be reading Practical 
M Fishkeepinglbe Game Boy classic makes an 

appearance on the NES. O00 


successful version of the 
! Game Boy smash Once again taking on the role 
of the friends of Babs the starstruck Bunny in her 
attempt to find fame. Okay, nothing special. 

O0O 


Tom & Jerry 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Original Mario, now looking 
a bit dated and only of interest td the serioi® ‘“ 
Mario fan. O00 


Nintendo/£39.99 • Clasi 
Mario 3. O 0 0 © 


oilper man 

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Super 


Nintendo/£39.95 • What 
can be said about this that 
U has not already been said 
with so much more wit and 

-— P skill in this magazine? Mario 

3, simply the best NES Mario to date. Platforms, 
and more turtles to jump on than 
ever before. 


Nintendo/£34.99 • A standard slash n’ dash, 
horizontally scrolling adventure which is well 
worth a look, if only for the brill animation. 

O00© 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Fun and japes in 

submarines. Nothing special. ©00 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Castlevania game that once 
more finds Simon Belmont out to nail the dude 
with the teeth. Good graphic adventure. 

©00 


Acclaim/£39.99 • The inevitable spin-off from 
the cartoon. A rewarding mix of arcade action 
and strategy, with a fair splash of humour. 
Definitely not an underachiever. © 0 0 © 0 


Tengen/£39.99 • California Games on ice. And 
not much better really. Choose from half a dozen 
assorted winter sports and let the boredom 
begin. © 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Fine conversion of a nifty 
coin-op.. A fab game that’s worth every penny! 

© 00 © 


Hi-Tech Expressions/£45 • Favourite toons 
Tom and Jerry debut in this pretty smart cartoon 

romp. © 0 0 © 0 


Konami/£29.99 • Not so much a flight sim as 
an uneventful shoot ’em-up that tries to look like 
a flight sim. Neither one thing nor another really. 

© 

TotaSy Rad 

Jaleco/£39.99 • An above average kinda 
platform, arcadey beat and shoot ’em-up g 
Okay fuftf ©00 

Track And Held 2 

Nintendo/£34.99 • Follow upffrthe angpr 
Track And Field 1 which must be among the 
oldest games around. It shows its age as well. 
Not very interesting. © 0 

ifos ■ 

Acclaim/£29.99 • Stone age Pac-Mi 
the trogs and collect’tfie eggs. Very simple and 
really very good. Nice graphics and sound make 
this one to check out. 0000 


Nintendo/£34.99 


Stamm's Quest 


with 


Ski Or Me 


Smash TV 


Acclaim/£39.99 • Oh dear. A poor version of 


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niuirm Ann warriors 




Nintendo/£39.99 • Motor racing game that is 
totally unrealistic but harmless fun. If you like 
that kind of thing. ©0 


Acclaim/£19.99 • Poor sword and sorcery 
animated adventure. The graphics and sound are 
passable but nothing special. © 0 


Acclaim/£29.99 • One of the saddest games I 
have yet seen. Wrestling games can be great, this 
is just crap. Awful control system means that pin- 
downs are a matter of luck rather than skill. 

Avoid. © 

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wwr wrestle ividniB 

LJN/£29.99 • Three things that have all been 
hyped in their time: Sigue Sigue Sputnik, 
appeasement and WWF Wrestle Mania. Three 
things that were crap when they arrived: Sigue 
Sigue Sputnik, appeasement and WWF Wrestle 
Mania. ©0 


nES 


Avoid 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Amazing looking game that 
crosses a simulation section with a platform type 
game. Looks great, but it’s all just way too easy. 
One of those finish-in-one-sitting games that at 
£35 is a bit steep. © 0 0 

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Hudson Soft/£44.99 • Classic platform game 
ilentv of neat touches. And that’s it. 


Konami/£44.99 • Yet another outing for Simon 
Belmont in his, seemingly, never-ending quest to 
i away with the dude with the teeth and the 
blood-sucking fetish. Graphically superb, with 
rather than stunning gameplay. the whole 
game is a good solid jobbie rather than anything 
gob-smackingly good. © 0 0 © 

imp 

irsion of this Don 
Bluth laser disc classic. And just like the other 
versions the whole thing looks great but plays a 
bit like a pig. Poor control and, at times, 

flame play outweighs the nice looking 
pics. 0 0 0 

FZero 

Nintendo/£39.99 • Futuristic boy racer game, 
released, so it would seem, primarily to show off 
the SNES’ graphic abilities. However there is a 
pretty smart game floating round in there too, 
with smart little vehicles and spectacular 
crashes. However if you want a better ride wait 
till Exhaust Heat makes a SNES appearance. 

000© 

Krusty’s Funhouse 

Acclaim/£44.99 • First of 
the Simpsons games and a 
llllliJll reet goodie at that, just like 
5Z(cM[I? Lemmings only the other way 
ar ound. 


InSSU 


Konami/£39.99 • 

A totally spaced out shoot 
’em-up with more weirdness 
than the Game Zone office. 
Pretty smart in other words. 


Nintendo/£39.99 • Classic game with simply 
the best graphics on any game anywhere. Take to 
the skies in numerous aircraft types and perform 
tricks and win medals. Sounds boring, it ain’t. 

O00O0 

Prince Of Persia 


(uSSU 


NCS/£45 • Classic game 
that’s available on every 
Jj single format of popular 
ir^ console or computer, and I 
^ mean EVERY one. This is an 
utterly classic game just goes to prove how 
amazing the Famicom is. 

(MM) Rival llirf 

Nintendo /£39.99 • Under par beat ’em up that 
lets down the SNES’ almost perfect record. Low 
game play and with very little lastability, it’s just 
too damn easy. ©0 


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and the machine perfectly. 


T0H0/E45 • As yet the best 
shoot ’em-up on any console, 
Jj amazing graphics, amazing 
weaponry, amazing 
gameplay, sums up the game 


Absolute/£39.99 • Although it pains me to say 
- this is a bit of a naff game: Nice graphics, 
shame about the game. (Doncha just love 
cliches?) ©00 


|j@n 


Nintendo/Bundled with 
SNES • This is, according to 
Jj some people, the best game 
ever. Massive in size, with 
loads of hidden levels and 
extras, and positively dripping in cutesome goo. 
However some people have pointed out that it is 
a bit easy to finish and even, sin of sins, that its 
format now looks a bit dated. But after all, what 
can you expect from a freebie? 

Super Slni City 

Nintendo/£45 • Truly the 
best version of one of the all- 
ff time best games around. Sim 

C/fy is a true classic. 

ZfaLJUNLs Affectionately known as the 
powermonger sim, you’re in full control. You build 
your city, balance your population and keep the 
pollution and transport probs under control. A 
true all-nighter that will keep you going for 
months and months. 


Seta/£54.00 • Possibly one 
of the best soccer games 
lllfinil around right now. Not 

97fn)fsnr^ suffering a jot from the 
z^_junils, | egendary SNES sprjte s!ow 

down, but boasting some of the most massive, 
and clearly animated sprites around. An initially 
complex control system soon comes naturally 


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into. Original outing for Dracula hunter Simon 
Belmont, which is now overshadowed by the 
sequel. Q00O 


Konami/£19.99 • Brillo 
version of the classic Dracula 
III/4»?11 hunting game. Once again we 
find Christopher Belmont 
/±>ljunils heading out, whip in hand, to 
do a dentistry job on the man in black. The little 
screen and monotone graphics tend to be less of 
a prob than you might think and the game chugs 
along at a fair old pace. Good stuff. 


Sales Curve/£24.99 • Disappointing, though not 
crap, puzzle game that now looks as old as the 
hills. But not as interesting. O 0 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Very much like Missile 
Command it’s a classic arcade game; Very much 
unlike Missile Command it’s a wee bit crap. 


shoot ’em-up games around, a bit of a classic. 
Stonking stuff. O0GO 


headers. Sad lack of a 
replay is more than made 
up for by stonking 
playability. It’s the dog’s 
wedding tackle. 


AVC/E24.99 • Older than a very old thing 
indeed, Choplifter is one of an increasingly large 
number of rehashed old chestnuts which are 
given the ‘classic’ badge and re-released on an 
unsuspecting public. An almost exact carbon I 
copy of the original^Pwith enough little ne\^ 
twists for the game to still be appealing. 


play them at marbles. Fun for 30 seconds. O0 


Tradewest/£24.99 • This 
game is the best. It’s just so 
III/ 11 brill, full of fun and frolics. 

S7fgjrsfj[^ You play one of the kicking 
toady duc | es jn gn attempt to 
rescue his buddies from the Dark Queen. Loads 
of funny animation and with more varied 
gameplay sequences than you could shake a very 
large stick at. This is the one. 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Unfriendly platform game 
with more baddies to be quashed than you could 
^ver imagine. O0© 


Nintendo/£19.99 • In this martial arts beat 'em- 
up, the hero has a nice wide range of moves. 

Well executed and put together, but seen one, 
you’ve seen them all. O00 


Tomkin/£45.00 • The best 
tennis game ever. It really is i 
Iff/4Mll the dog’s scrotum. Tennis hara 
^(□jfMjr^ never been this good on tttfiil 
te || y befQre ( except for 

Wimbledon fortnight, but that doesn’t count). All 
it’s missing is a Dan Maskell simulator and a free 
bowl of strawberries. If ever you wanted a reason 
to buy aSNES then Tennis must be it. This is truly 


Activision/£21.99 • Who you gonna call? Well, 
the plumber, a pizza, Madam Whip-Lash’s 
correction line? No. You are gonna call the I 
Ghostbusters. Loads of overhead action in a 
mazey kinda way. Nothing new, but then again, 
nothing old either. O © 0 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Non-stop action and Ifjghly 
addictive gameplay elevate this standard shoot 
everything game to something a bit special. 

O00O0 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Original puzzler that 
involves shifting assorted blocks in a maze to 
reveal an exit. O 0 0 


Ultra Games/£24.99 • Smart(ish) conversion of 
the okay(ish) NES Ice Hockey game. The small 
screen and the speed of the sprites sometimes 
tend to make what’s going on a bit difficult to 
see, but for all that it’s not a bad kinda game if 
hockey is your bag. O 0 0 


Nintendo/£ 19.99 • Classic Game Boy game that 
at only £20 is a b^f a must. O00O 


Nintendo/£19.99 • Everything the original had 
(except colour) squished down onto the Game 
Boy's diddy little screen. O 0 0 O 


Mindscape/£25 • Nice looking graphics that 
don’t quite come up to scratch. 3D indie racing 
■game that is okay, but not as good as something 
nat is better. O0 


Konami/£39.99 • Turtles hit 
the SNES and boy do they hit 
it! This game has more 
variety and plays even better 
than the arcade game, a 


Capcom/£24 • Mediocre conversion of crap film 
of same name. Harry and Marv are out of the 
slammer and looking for a house to rob. Kev 
McCallister is outpstop them. A puzzley, mazey 
kind of game, but nothing that you v^mThave 
seen before. O0 


Capcom/£21.99 • Mega by 
name and Mega by nature 
in one of the Game Boy’s 
star cartridge heroes of 
all time. 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Sounds a bit like that old 
word game doesn’t it? And that’s because it is. 
Only for seriously swotty. O00 


Nintendo/£21.99 • Unoriginal adventure in 
which you must rescue a family member in 
^q ftdi tional ninja style. Nothing special. O 0 0 


Nintendo/£34.99 • Hailed by many as the best 
shoot ’em up of all time it fflrtainly looks very 
impressive, but there seems to be a feeling that 
the shoot ’em up is a dying genre, and, hey , 
don’t we want more from our games? 

O00O 


Nintendo/£21 • Fast paced and addictive, this 
‘collect and avoid’ game suffers in conversion to 
the Game Boy. Move too fast and your character 
blurs to the point of invisibility. 090 

The Boy Ani Hte Blob 2 

Nintendo/£19.99 • Aka The Boy And His Nasal 
Discharge. You and your pal, the: Kandy jelly 
bean-scoffing shape-shifting blob, wander 
around collecting things. Good fun. O 0 0 © 


Acclaim/£24.99 • A pretty bog standard (featC . j^T 
jjem-up. You play a little chappie with a huge ' • 
range of kicks and punche^jwho has decided that • 
the thing he wants most in the world is to punch • 
and kick his way to stardom. O 0 0 


0cean/£24.99 • Underwater larks in this fab 
film licence. Similar to Submarine Command you 
chug along trying to blow up other subs, founds 
simple, but isn't. Addictive and playable, almost 
as good as the film. O 0 0 o 


Nintendo/£19.99 • A kind of oriental version of 
Gauntlet. You slope around the garden of some 
dude’s house killing people. Quite good but is it 
brill? Not really. O 0 0 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Big ears, big nose, big 
game. Whilst not as good as some other games 
of its class it does stand out as quite a nice 
player. O 0 0 


Nintendo/£21.99 • Cross Klax with Tetris and 
add the Mario name and you would have a fair 
idea of what this game is about. O 0 © 0 


Tradewest/£27.99 • Golfing game and a dead 
good one at that/ weirworth the asking price. 

O0O0 


Accliam/£44.99 • Lots of grunting, shoving and 
sweating with fat men in silly costumes. Where’s 
the little old ladies with the knitting needles? 
WWF Wrestlemania is by far the best wrestle 
game around. Big sprites, smooth animation and 
a wide range of moves make the whole shebang 
very playable. O00O0 


Nintendo/£24.99 •father dated old platform 
game in which you play the part of a little green 
dinosaur. Lots of jumping round on different 
levels, but it’s nothing new. O 0 0 


Nintendo/£24.99 • A marble sim. I kid you not. 
You take on a number of zoo animals and then 


Nintendo/£24.99 • A puzzle-style game. You 
have to plant loads of time bombs that have an 
annoying habit of blowing up under your nose. 
Quite unusual, but the sort of thing that works 
well on the Game Boy. O 0 0 O 


Kemco/£21 • Yet another format outing for this 
multi-platform adventure featuring everyone’s 


• Nintendo/£24.99 • Not unlil 

• Bobble. O 0 


undead Bubble 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Disney outing for all 
platform fans. O 0 0 


Kemco/£21.99 • Well animated game with 60 
levels to complete, Bugs Bunny is very playable 
and, on this format at least, he’s destined to 
become a classic. O 0 0 © 


Datawest/£24.99 • 3D Pacman, that despite 
being a very simple idea works very, very well. 
Check it out. O00O0 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Not a bad little shoot 'em- 
up, all the usual power-ups and bad guys to blow 
away. Fun in a mind-numbing way. O 0 © © 


Jaleco/£24.49 • Challenging gameplay and 
some impressively big sprites make this one a 
puzzley shoot ’em-up that manages to be that 
little bit special. O00OJ 


Nintendo/£19.99 • Never really seen the point 
of gambling on a console. This is okay, but I 
wouldn't bet on it being a hit. (Ha, ha.) O 0 


Nintendo/£21.99 • A very tired version of the 
very tired Breakout. Not really worth the cover 
price. O 


Acclaim/£26 • The high degree of cunning and 
originality within this sword and sorcery game 
raise it above the average platform adventure. 

O00O 


Konami/£24.99 • Something to get your teeth 


Enter Active/£26 • Good quality beat ’em -up 
has old web features Spiderman out to rescue his 
kidnapped boss. Face all Spidey’s traditional 


0JN/£19.95 • A cheaper and slightly better 
game than Enter Active’s, featuring a variety of 
both levels and traps that must be overcome. 

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Balloon KM 

Nintendo/£21.99 • Not unlike Wonderboy, this 
multi-platform adventure is low on originality. 

O 0 © 


Acclaim/£24 • The punky-haired custard- 
coloured one returns in an adventure which 
mixes shoot 'em-up with puzzle and a tad of 
arcade adventure too. Neatly executed and 
addictive. O00O 


Sun Soft/£24.99 • The dude who wears his Y- 
fronts outside his pants is back! (I thought that 
was Superman? Ed.) One of the best platform 


HULK HOGAN 


UNDERTAKE* 


NEW ENTRY blues brothers 


Titus/£24.99 • Boasting the same characters that 
appeared in the film, but with nowhere near the same 
plot. Jake and Elwood are playing a gig in a small town, 
but the locals, being music lovers, have hidden their 
instruments. So it’s up to them to get their instruments 
back, scratch a band and kick the funk. Great graphics 
and animation make this an instant classic. Check it out. 


WWF WRESTLEMANIA (SNES) 



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Batman Baturas 

Chase HQ 

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f and allows you to pull off 


Nintendo/£29.99 • Okay sequel that has great 

Nintendo/£24.99 • Boring combat racer, jerky 

JACK NICT 

the most amazing over 
head, backward flip 


graphics, great sound and impressive sprite size, 
but a distinct lack of levels that means it’s all a 

and uneventful Q 0 


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Konami/£24.99 • Brill arcade adventure game 
in which you jump, spring and generally act in an 
platformy kinda way. Cute? Maybe. Sweet? 
Probably. But, all in all, a jolly good little game. 

O0QQ0 ^ 


Hardware: £54.99 Games: £19.99 to £60 

The original and quite stunning in its time, the 8 bit NES is 
beginning to look rather dated. It benefits from a huge back 
catalogue of games and peripherals. However the quality of 
games (which have tended to be stronger on gameplay than 
sound or graphics) seems to be dropping off a bit as more 
emphasis is placed on the SNES. 


Nintendo/£19.99 • Game Boy version of the 
NES smash. And not a bad conversion at that. 
Good sword and sorcery action. 006 


MEGA MAN (GAME BOY) 


games 


favourite rodent. And 
just as on all the other 
formats, the Game 
Boy version is well 
animated and highly 
playable. 
0600 


Nintendo/£24.99 • 

Yet another of the 

classic arcade game conversions that seem to be 
popping up all over the place these days. 

O00O 

Navy Seals 

Nintendo/£24.99 • Super hard and super 
unoriginal platform shoot ’em-up. 000 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Awful pile of crap. Avoid. O 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Classic board game 
conversion that works like a very good dream on 
the Game Boy. A little undiscovered gem. 

0600 


Mindscape/£25 • Despite the bad pay, the lad 
takes to his bike yet again. This conversion of the 
arcade classic manages to retain all the 
addictiveness of the original by making the most 
of the Game Boy’s snappy sound and graphics. 
0660 


Mindscape/£24.99 • Sad, tired and boring 

version of the arcade ‘classic’ Not really worth a 
second look. Q 


Konami/£25 • You don’t just play Parodius. You 
live it. A weird shoot ’em-up in which you face 
flying pigs, belly dancers and all manner of 
strange creatures. Bit like R-Type meets Alice In 
Wonderland. Weird stuff, but very playable. 
0060 


Bullet Proof/£21 • One of the best of the many 
simple but addictive puzzlers. Don your overalls 
for you get to play plumbers. The idea is to direct 
the flow of water through different shaped pipe 
sections. Sounds simple? Don’t you believe it. 

oeoo 

PopeyeZ 

Nintendo/£24.99 • Popeye appears in his 
second spinach-guzzling incarnation. A bit of a 
mazey kind of game, and a pretty good one. 

0060 


Q-Bart 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Ancient puzzle game that, 
despite being the kind of thing the Game Boy is 
good at, falls rather flat. O0 


moments, but for all that, it’s a pretty nifty 
conversion. 0600 

Side Pocket 

Nintendo/£24.99 • Overrated pool game that 
boasts one of the most difficult control systems 
around. O0 


Acclaim/£19.99 • Cartoon capers spin-off. Yet 
another outing for the dude with the jaundice 
problem and the hair dried in custard. This time 
he is sent off to summer camp. Very addictive, 
with nice graphics and sound. Good stuff. 
0660 

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Nintendo/£24.99 • Given the choice I think I’d 
rather die actually. O 


Nintemdo/£24.99 • Vertical scrolling shoot 'em- 
up that soon loses any addictiveness it might 
have had. Q 


Tradewest/£25 • Poorly put together cart which 
is a shame as there is a good idea here. You play 
a snake on an eternal quest to master all things 
snakey. O0 


Kemco/£24.99 • Super kinda puzzle game, 
starring everybody’s fave flea carrier. Loads of 
logic, loads of scratching of heads. Great fun for 
those who want more than just a trigger finger 
exerciser. O00O 


Tecmo/£24.99 • Smart puzzle game that proves 
to be almost as addictive as the Game Boy is 
black and white. O00O0 


0cean/£24.99 • Good looking, but ultimately 
rather dull platform game, a la Tiny Toons. Better 
than a sharp stick in the eye, but then again what 
isn’t? O 0 0 


..do/£24.99 • Rather an easy to finish 

outing for Mario, but all the same it’s a pretty 
smart game. Certainly as good as Mario 2. 

O00O 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Pleasing enough little racing 
game, with the added twist that you race with 
remote-controlled cars. O 0 


MB Games/£25 • Superb 
version of the classic board 
game Scrabble. Simple to 
play, various levels of 
challenge and totally and 
utterly addictive. Has all the essential ingredients 
needed for a classic. 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Even thoughthe popularity of 
these turtles’ is waning due to the threat of young 
bloods the Battletoads ,this is a decent enough 
beat ’em-up that delivers all you could 
reasonably expect from something green and 
wearing a headband. 006 

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Konami/£24.99 • Standard beat ’em-up in 
which you can choose to play any of the green 
shell-suited heroes. Nothing of any originality to 
raise it above the norm. O 0 0 


Nintendo/£19.99 • Standard tennis simulation 
game with above adequate sound and animation. 
For all that, a basic, functional tennis game with 
one and two player options. O 0 0 


Acclaim/£19.99 • Better than the NES version, 
T2 on the Game Boy is one of the most 
impressive new titles for some time. A platform, 
shoot, puzzle game, it boasts a stonking 
soundtrack and FX plus some nifty animation. 
Well worth checking out. O00O0 


lnterplay/£24.99 • Nice to see an athletics 
game on the Game Boy, the sprites are a bit 
fiddly but the game is non too bad. O 0 0 


Acclaim/£19.99 • Super wrestling game. Much 
better than the awful NES game, this time it’s 
best to stick to the Game Boy. Best in the two 
player mode, so get a friend to play along. 

O00 


Capcom/£24 • Jolly arcade adventure which 
takes Roger Rabbit on a romp through the maze¬ 
like Toon Town in search of Jessica Rabbit. Well- 
drawn graphics make this a slightly more than 
buy. O 0 


Nintendo/£24.99 • Nice idea but it’s been done 
to death so many times before; Dr Mario is 
betrer. 

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Nintendo/£24.99 • Old puzzle game that 
involves boxing off areas of a rectangle. Sounds 
strange and is stangely addictive. O00 


Revenge Of Tin Gator 

Nintendo/£24.99 • A really smart pinball game 
for the Game Boy. Ramps, flippers and all kind of 
pinbally gear make this well worth a look. 

O 0 0 o 


Robocop 

Ocean/£25.53 • Disappointing version of metal 
man on the Game Boy. The learning curve is set 
too high to make for a good game. Poor. 

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R-lVpe 

Nintendo/£19.99 • The shoot ’em-up of Biblical 
proportions squishes down onto the Game Boy. 
And in its miniscule form, it’s not bad either. The 
lack of colour makes for some frustrating 


Hardware: £149.99 
Games: £39.99 to £50 

Launched in April and already the market leader. 16 bit, 
with over 32,000 available colours and the ability to put 128 
sprites on screen at the same time. State of the art rotating, 
scrolling, scaling and colour layering plus 8 separate stereo 
audio channels makes it the dogs. A limited software base 
at present set to mushroom by early ‘93. 


game boy 

Hardware: £69.99 


Games: £19.99 to £24.99 


Massively popular handheld 
that despite its 8-bit 
processor and black and 
white graphics has more 
games than any other 
handheld, (over 100 official 
games at the time of 
writing) Popular and 
compact, the Game Boy is 
the console equivalent of 
the Walkman. 


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As the games world girds its loins for 
the Christmas rush Game Zone takes 
a sneaky look into the future and finds 


claymates 


At last a game that Morph would be proud of. 

WfrfcP In your attempt to rescue your kidnapped 
1 I1M father Professor Putty you’re suffering from 
w the slight disadvantage of having turned 
yourself into a lump of clay. (Careless, very careless) 
However this enables you to mutate into five 
characters including Muckster the Cat and Doh Doh 
the Bird. Apparantly it’s “the first title in a series for the 
SNES that feature clay animations.” Should 
score well on the weirdometer! 

Available from Interplay early in 1993 
priceB tba. 


an essential purchase. It was 
vast, playable and expensive. 
Now the sequel is lining up 
for Christmas release and 
is looking just as hot a 
property. It follows the 
film pretty closely so that 
makes for loads of action 
plus some nifty training 
sequences with Luke and 
Yoda. A vast playing area 
and some frighteningly 
challenging sections 
mean that this could be 
the game that keeps you 
locked away from family 
and friends. 

Available from 
Lucasfilm, January 
price C39.99 


pga tour golf 


Having conquered every other computer and 
i console in the Western World it’s no surprise 
I RES { ^ at Tour is about to appear on the 

SNES. Crammed with options and view points 
(including a ball-cam mode that allows you to track the 
flight of the ball through the air) this could be the golf 
game for the SNES. If it’s anywhere near as good as 
other versions it will be a must buy. 

Available from Electronic Arts, early 1993 
price tba. 


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Boasting some of 
i the smartest 
nrc / graphics and 

animation yet seen 
this original mix of action 
and adventure could take 
the SNES into another world. 
(Weak, very weak. Ed) 

Available from Interplay 
this winter price tba. 




With 

seven 


max 


RilV p* anets to 

explore 

and several hundred monsters to 
explode, you’d think this was no 
job for a kid. Unfortunately that’s 
what Max is - though he’s a 
pretty special one complete with 
a telescopic sucker (very useful), 
a wicked space suit and a variety 
of lethal weaponry that would 
have HM Customs rubbing their 
hands in anticipation. 

Available from Infogrames, 
Jan/Feb price £24.99 


north & south 

Given something 
2ft of a rave review in 
n rr>3f Game Zone issue 
3 this weird and 
wonderful (ie French) game 
is finally set for official release 
over here. American Civil War action and 
lashings of humour. Smart. 

Available from Infogrames, November 
price £39.93. 



street gangs 

Whatever street you 
I live on you won’t 
' have seen many 
gangs like these. 
Both heroes and villains look 
as if they’ve had large weights 
dropped on their heads from a 




great height. This doesn’t stop 
them doing fearsome battle 
with an impressive range of 
combat moves and weapons 
like sticks, chains, tyres and 
knives. Extra energy etc 
comes in the form of burghers, 
coffees, pizzas and whatever, 
bought from local cafes. 
Loadsa fun, especially in two 
player mode - check out the 
full review next issue. Oh and 
the plot? It’s rescue- 
kidnapped-chick-from- 
gangland-baddies, but you 
knew that already. 

Available from Infogrames, 
November price £39.99. 





fantastic 
adventures 
of dizzy 

Dizzy is an all 
round good egg 
and his Fantastic 
Adventures are a 
bit special since they won 
NES Arcade Adventure of 
the Year in one of the 
American mags. Soon to 
be available over here on 
the plug through cart (see 
news) gamesters might be 
scrambling to get hold of 
it. (Oh dear. Ed) The evil 
wizard Zak has turned all 
Dizzy’s chums into fiends 
and swiped the lovely 
Daisy into the bargain. All 
this cues up a cartoony 
romp through mysterious 
islands, fabulous diamond 
mines and even into a 
dragon’s lair. Now that’s 
what we call arcade 
adventure. 

Available from 
Codemasters, 
November price £29.99 



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full metal 
planet 


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A game with a 


Lots of it. Full 


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Super Full Metal Planet to 
give it the inevitable SNES 

adjective) is a planet containing the most precious ore in the 
galaxy. You’ve got to race against rising tides and rival mining 
companies to get your grubby little corporate hands on the ore 
and then the profits. Based on a board game this is a curious mix 
of economics, war and diplomacy. 

Available from Infogrames, Jan/Feb, price tba. 


bomb jack 

Faced with a 
screen full of 


' bombs your first 
reaction might be 
to leg it sharpish to a safer 
game. Don’t. Bombjack is an 
addictive puzzler with 60 
level screens all of them 
crammed with bombs and 
baddies. It was, as the saying 
goes, big in the arcades. 
Available from 
Infogrames, November 
price £24.99 


TH 






p Prepare yourselves for a flood of chopper jokes ’cos the game 
that’s high on helicopter action, if a tad low on idealogical 
TTiM soundness, is about to storm onto the SNES with all guns blazing. 
There are twenty seven action-packed missions, involving such 
assignments as rescuing agents, destroying SAM sites, shooting up airfields 
and generally making life miserable for mad General Kilbaba whose just 
invaded a small but wealthy Arab Emirate. This action packed thriller should 
arrive on the SNES just in time for the second Gulf War. 

Available from Electronic Arts, early 1993 price tba. 


, The Vikings 
Q got around a 
► FIR/ bit ' n their 
time, but the 
three heroes of this 
game find themselves 
darting through time as 
well as tides. With 40 
levels of cartoon style 
graphics and speech 
bubbles The Lost Vikings 
promises laughs as well 
as action. 

Available from 
Interplay, early 1993 
price tba. 


Rather 

stupidly, some 
knight kills the 
last of the 

dragons, and plunges 
the whole world into 
chaos. Then a new 
island is discovered, an 
island populated by 
human-hating Drakkhen 
men. And the island is 
growing. Originally 
available on the PC and 
Amiga, this unique 
roleplaying game (a 
roleplaying game on the 


desert strike 


SNES is fairly unique in 
itself) has now been 
converted to the SNES, 
so you can look forward 
to some serious 
swording and sorcerying 
very soon. 

Available from 
Infogrames, Jan/Feb 
price tba 




fl challenge 


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Not to be confused 
i with FI Race but 
' looking to be even 
smarter, FI 
Challenge has been 
developed by “Varie” of 
Japan, specialists at 
developing driving simulation 
games. This might explain 
how they’ve managed to cram 
16 Grand Prix tracks and 27 
competing cars onto the lovely jubbly Game Boy. 
The game requires tactics as well as speed, since 
you have to make decisions about 
engine, tyres and suspension. 

Lorks, there’s more to this driving 
malarkey than meets the eye. 

Available from Elite in January 
price £24.99 


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TINYTOON- 

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TINY TOONS 
for GAME BOY! 




Buster Bunny™ Plucky Duck™ 
and Hamton™ are the cheeky, 
mischievous, miniature stars of 
this brand new all action adven¬ 
ture. Through dark mystical woods and chaotic 
cities they find themselves thrown into one 
crazy adventure after another. You'll need skill 
and lightning reflexes if you're to guide 
these tiny terrors through the exciting land of 
the Toons in this thrilling action adventure. 

• For one player only 

• System: GAME BOY 

Distribution: Bandai UK Ltd. (UK) 

Unit 26/27, Fareham Industrial Park 
Fareham Hants, PO 16 8XB 


NEW! vp 

The TOONS in NES! 

It's a laugh a minute in the land of the TOONS 
as Buster Bunny™ attempts to rescue his girl¬ 
friend Babs, who has been kidnapped by the 
dastardly Montana Max™ Beware of traps, 
moving floors, switches & doors as you guide 
Buster through haunted forests, secret 
chambers, pirate ships and wackyland in his 
hilarious quest to rescue Babs. 

• For one player only 

• System: NES 

TINYTOON ADVENTURES, names and all related indicia are trademarks of 
Warner Bros. Inc. 1992 

Other KONAM I games available for your GAM E BOY & 
Nintendo Entertainment System 


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and other marks designated as "TM" are trademarks 
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